Wes Craven Quotes

Technology has not only changed the way people are able to view movies, it has changed the way our industry produces and advertises movies.

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

We love making movies. We got into the business to make movies. At the end of the day, whether you're doing a low budget film or a big budget film, you want it to do well and you want people to see it. That's the whole point. You want to put some kind of message in it.

I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.

If I wanted to do TV full-time, 'Breaking Bad' is definitely the type of project I would want to do. But TV is not my favorite thing in the world. I definitely want to focus on film. It's what I grew up loving. It's always been about movies, movies, movies, movies, movies. I really want to make great films.

I've loved making movies. I feel like I've been so lucky because I've gotten to be in movies that are some of my favorites, regardless of my being in them - like 'Heathers.'

When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.

The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago, and they're all driven by the possibilities of CGI, which means you can make anything happen on screen that you can possibly desire.

I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best.

I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.

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.

When I was young, I loved movies so much I wanted to make one.

My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making.

When the Beatles came in, I really concentrated on making a lot of movies. Those beach films that we did were a lot fun. They hit with an audience that related to what we were trying to do on the screen. That kept me going all through that Beatle period.

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

What I love about movies is, no matter how many people are involved or how complicated the process is, at the end of the day, it's just what's inside of that frame. It's going to be people sitting in a movie theater watching one shot at a time. And that's my focus.

The film industry is moving towards digital technology.

It would be naive to say that you could make a movie on film for the same price you can digitally.

Cinema was always my passion and dream.

People like movies made by the Ramu Enterprises banner because they get to see a film with rich production values.

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

I think one of the reasons that Steven (Spielberg) and I have been as successful as we have is because we like the movies. We like to go to the movies. We enjoy movies and we want to make movies like the ones we enjoy.

I read about some movie where they did everything on blue screen, and the actors were not even connecting to each other.

I also make movies that can be seen on a small screen, as I shoot on digital video. Hopefully they can be seen small and can live like that.

There are a lot of movies I would want to be a fly on the wall for. I would have loved to see the making of Jaws [1975], with all the fears and anxieties it was going to be a complete failure, and then to have it turn into the first blockbuster.