Miguel Sapochnik Quotes

When I make movies, I don't ever go out there to please anyone other than myself. I never try to make a film for the masses. I just try to tell my story.

I just make the movies I want to see. I've always been that way.

I make movies I want to see.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I tell people if I want to make a film I just go make it so you can make yours.

Whatever content you create, let it revolve around your interests. You shouldn't create things just because you think other people want to watch it.

We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have projects that make the money, and others that we do for love.

All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it.

When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.

I'm always looking for a reason to say no when I'm approached about a big studio tentpole because your fear is will you be consumed into the anonymous machine, and it will suck out any specificity and point of view that you might hope to express.

Persistence is half the battle. That's what I love about independent movies. They don't have to be made. There's no studio with an agenda to set up a franchise like 'Batman' or to make a vehicle for a celebrity actor. My films are made because I love the process.

My working life is me doing what I want to do. This is that. I've made movies that people don't go to see.

I've been lucky to have things come to me that creatively fulfill me, and those are usually the independent films just because you have a little bit more freedom.

If I can make the movies I want, people are going to watch it how they're going to watch it.

When I get to make a movie, I really try to make it on my own terms.

If I choose to direct something, it's because I don't think it would get accepted.

I'm not someone who has to make a film at any cost. I have to find the right way to make it or not at all.

I haven't been a director-for-hire for any project. I work with people who appreciate that, understand that, and want to work that way.

Starting my own label was more out of necessity. I'm not going to sit around and wait for labels to come screaming.

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

It is difficult to make movies on your own terms and also to make a film and convince somebody to have faith in it.

Anything you spend a long time on, of course it would be nice if everyone likes it. But I think the strength that we've got is that we always concentrate on what we want it to be like and not really trying to please other people.

Making independent films is liberating. It eliminates self-censorship, which mainstream films are infected with due to commercial priorities.

It's a pretty great thing to have a record that at the end of the day you're not totally sick of and you're actually proud of. We're pretty lucky, because a lot of bands come out with their first record on a label and they're forced to make decisions they might not stand behind because someone's telling them it's a good idea. We didn't have to do that. I think that's one of the things I'm most thankful for.

You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.