Leland Orser Quotes

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through.

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

'Shadows' wasn't so difficult to get made.

Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.

I just remember when I came out of film school - and I loved film school - that the industry was such a mystery. How to break in, and once you are in, how to make a film; that is such a large undertaking. There are thousands of pitfalls.

They're talking about a movie I don't want to hold to that because in this business you can talk about things for years before they get done - god knows if the financing would happen.

A lot of films need planning in order to survive at all. It's part of the dog and pony show.

They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'

There are so many decisions in making a movie.

If no producer, no movie.

Nowadays, to get a movie greenlit, you have to make an incredible effort.

We've played producers almost our entire lives in everything else we've created. But when working on a feature and even dealing with something like Warner Bros. or another production company, or other details that you can worry about - we definitely learned a lot.

Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.

Getting movies developed doesn't do me any good as a producer. It only does me good to get movies made.

I'm trying to make as many films as I can.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

Every movie is like a little company, and any little thing can make it not work.

Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.

We make a lot of movies, and we make them fast.

I've not had any interest in running a movie studio, but I want to make one feature film.

This is the best film school there is, just to make movies and be there on set.

I think that making a movie is not just making the movie - it is also about having thoughtful ideas and embracing all the aspects of its launch.

Making commercial cinema is very tough.

I feel filmmaking is not an easy task. People make films but sometimes they are not able to release it.

I think, it's important to understand how to release a film.