Doug Liman Quotes

I've been so involved with TV shows, I've been unavailable for films, which is my dream.

If you want to write for films or TV, you must go to Hollywood.

We don't shoot in L.A. much anymore. You know, TV and movies, most everything's shot other places.

California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

When I was 23, I went to work for Jack Nicholson reading scripts. Later, I was married to a production designer named Richard Sylbert. So I lived in Los Angeles for ten years.

In essence, I owe my career to Garry Marshall. There was no known reason for him to hire me for 'Pretty Woman.'

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the big movies we can't shoot there. It's just a shame that Arnold Schwarzenegger can't deliver on this level.

Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago.

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

Big feature films are another world.

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

I really want to work with Hugh Jackman and also Steven Spielberg.

Oh, my father's had a huge, immense impact on my career. I grew up on movie sets that he was working on, and it just become a part or was a part, was the only part of my life because I spent my whole childhood traveling and being on film sets.

I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

My brother's a grip. My mom's a scriptwriter. My dad's a director. So it's like, at heart, I'm a below-the-line girl.

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.

My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them.

A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm fortunate that is both my work and my hobby. It's what I would naturally be doing anyway.

It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.

I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.