Stephen Gaghan Quotes

I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.

Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.

Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution.

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this.

It takes a long time to get a film made.

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.

I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.

There are so many decisions in making a movie.

Formulating the proposal is about 80% of the actual time of the process. In the end, the time spent filming, editing and postproduction is a very small proportion of the total time you spend in the production of the film.

It takes a while to get a movie together, and they don't start talking books until the movie is close to being finished.

Making a movie, under any circumstances, is a highly stressful occupation.

In Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time.

It takes a long time to put a movie together. It can take years.

You need a director, a script, and a role to justify a risk.

Production is not an easy game and I would want to be prepared with the right team, script, etc before getting into it.

I have become a full-fledged producer. I spend a lot of time on pre-production work.

It takes two years to make a good film.

I have a notebook, and I know what decisions will be made in pre-production. Everything is pre-determined in the pre-production period. I visually design the whole thing, and I know when things will happen.

The next movie I do is not going to be in school.

When I did 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', I had the idea on Monday and the following Tuesday it was in budget at Paramount. I couldn't walk.

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

'Alice' took over two years to make and took a great deal of planning, obviously much more than usual. We spent so much more time prepping the film, and that was unique for us.

I've been involved with some huge studio projects that have been bloody awesome. It all starts with a great script, doesn't it?