Robert Wise Quotes

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.

I would love to produce a film.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.

I think that people should really understand what it takes to make a film.

We always set out to just make a great movie.

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

It is up to us to produce better-quality movies.

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

I did Phone Booth, and that was shot very, very quickly, but that was Joel Schumacher, who's shot so many movies that, if anybody can figure out how to do it in a couple of days, it's him.

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

I don't think people understand what it takes to make a movie unless they've experienced it themselves or been around it. It's a miracle every time you make a movie, and a bigger miracle if it turns out well.

Honestly, when you're making a movie, you never say, 'Oh, this one's going to suck and go straight to video.' When you're in it, you think you're doing the best work you can do. You're surrounded by people who are working hard. Everybody's hopeful.

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

I would love to do more films. I really like the whole process of doing that. I like how close you become to everybody.

I think what Hollywood has done for so long, is make movies for themselves.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

The director is the channel through which a motion picture reaches the screen.

Movies are very hard to make, to get it all to come together. So many people have their say in what the end product of films are.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

One day, I want to make a PG film.

I don't think I've made my favorite film yet. But I loved 'Bamboozled.' 'Bamboozled' to me is off the chain. It's definitely in the ranking. I loved 'Bamboozled.'

I've always wanted to do a family movie.

I love making movies.