Ann Macbeth Quotes

We are the only state that does not have a State Film Corporation there to support the commercial industry.

I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can.

I went to film school, worked as an assistant, and wrote several scripts that haven't gotten made.

It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s.

I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.

A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking.

Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

You know, the people who do indie film and decide who gets those little budgets? They're mean, man. They're cold and very cool-oriented.

I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.

Every film may not be appropriate for a theatrical release, and the theatrical business is not a very good business for anybody except the distributor.

I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.

If you really spend time with movies, it's three years of your life from beginning to end. I started out planting the seed with 'Monster's Ball' about independent cinema and raising money and that whole thing as a producer, and then it becomes easier for me.

As a screenwriter, there's so many layers you have to go through in order to tell your story. You have to write the script, get money for the script, shoot it, find distributors, make it into film festivals, all of that just to get to your audience.

Australians just don't see that many Australian films, but it's also our responsibility as filmmakers and the responsibility of the funding bodies to remember that audiences want to be entertained, and people are entertained in lots of different ways.

When I was out promoting 'Selma,' I became aware of so many other films that ought to be getting distribution. And this is a problem I can do something about because of my experience.

If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made.

My goal is to get a real film industry started in Washington. An actual one, not where features come to town and shoot second unit for a few days. I would love to get something started here. Hire local crews. People could work year-round and raise their families here.

What is a commercial film? I think every film is commercial, as every film makes money.

I am interested in seeing 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' by Vasan Bala, so I would like to work with him, and I also would like to work with Vikram Aditya Motwani, Abhishek Chaubey, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Kabir Khan.

I really want to get into feature films.

It's rare that a character film is easy to fund.

I have never had the problem of finding a producer for my films. I think I am just lucky because my first film didn't do great box office business.

Making a film, I've learned, can be an exhausting process, due to the need for backing, distribution, etc.

It's so many different elements to a film. Just learning the ins and outs and how the machine works.

I very much enjoy my freedom creatively but I also would love to make one of those big Hollywood films that costs a lot of money and has a lot of people running around with cell phones and all that insanity.