Melvin Van Peebles Quotes

When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

Working with the Coens was a dream come true.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

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

So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.

It's true, I'm the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesn't care. That's good, because I like that. Ultimately, I want to keep working, making a lot of movies, and get better at it. It's about finding great scripts and bringing them to life.

Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

To go to the Oscars for Moneyball - that was pretty amazing. And to be able to go work with Kathryn Bigelow - that's going to be pretty sweet. Hopefully I don't have to go back to being a waiter. That's still my main goal.

I hope to do films. Right now I'm just doing projects that are interesting.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.

Ever since I was a little kid, I told my mom that I want to go to Hollywood and make a 'Batman' movie.

When I heard I'd be working with Scorsese, I signed up immediately.

I would love to work with Christopher Nolan, 100 percent.

My dad had made a documentary called 'The Dream Factory' about MGM, and my whole life, I just wanted to be inside it. And there I was.

I just need good scripts, good films, and I am glad I am doing them.

You can only shoot small movies and documentaries for so long if you want to have a family that you support; eventually, you need to get let into the big leagues.

At the end of the day, all I want is that my films should do well.

The only reason I came to L.A. in the first place was to tell stories and make movies. Whatever way you can do that - if you can do that - at whatever level, that's rewarding.

I have always wanted to work with Rajshri Productions.

I think I could probably make $5 to $10m movies for a very long time and live a perfectly good life doing it. I'd probably get paid as well as a surgeon, which is pretty damn remarkable for a guy who went to film school.

I had an interest in film, but I didn't want to go to Hollywood and make movies.

I've always envisioned working with the best directors in the world.

I'm being offered great movies by great directors and that's what I love, that's what I've dreamed to do, and that's what I do all day long. So I have to do it.

I think my dream career would be to own my own production company and be able to write movies and star in them every once in awhile. Kind of like a Judd Apatow type of guy. That would be really fun.