Dan Glickman Quotes

Big, big movies are in 3D, but we haven't reached a point yet where that's just what a movie is.

There's a real difference now in what you can get out of film and the rise of digital platforms.

I feel digital is here to stay. It is going to wipe out small and medium budget films, mark my words.

Arachnophobia' was one of the first films I did major effects for.

But in the former, those movie sets that you've been on like that, even if they're huge movies and most of its being spent in special effects afterwards, I think that's the way that we're going.

Being in quite a few movies... there's always things that are changing about a film.

The learning curve is 'The Hobbit' is being shot in 3D.

We're going to see a lot of companies that have been portals of entertainment become producers.

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

Everything's changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like 'Alice' or 'Avatar' are made. And technology on the other side, the audience side. Word spreads so fast now on a movie, with the Internet, and piracy is something coming down the line like in the music industry.

The movie business has been in enormous flux. It's always changing, and you've got to scramble. The Internet came along and devoured the DVD backend of the movie business. Suddenly you're watching dollars turn into nickels, and that's interesting to me.

The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore.

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

I don't know if there aren't any films like 'E.T.' anymore. I just feel that the industry has changed so much. There are so many outlets now.

The film business has changed so dramatically from when I started.

I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.

It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system.

The irony is that you can't use real rain to make movies.

I always wanted to make movies.

I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.

Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully.

It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.