Zoe Kravitz Quotes

I wrote another wrestling film script. And we finished the shooting [with Lloyd Phillips]. But Henry Winkler came out with his own wrestling film, which did poorly. So the studios passed on ours, and it never got released.

They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'

Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact.

I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.

To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it.

Shooting all day in the rain is not where you want to be.

I learned some big lessons on my first film, a horror film which was never released in the U.S., even though we sold it to Harvey Weinstein for a lot of money.

I try to space out my films.

Once the censorship board clears a film, there should not be any other obstacle for a film's theatrical run.

Every four or five films we've made a film that has gone on TV first. It's quite nice to tap into the TV audience, but it is nice to see it on the big screen too.

Ultimately, the goal is to be on an annual cycle - releasing a film every year.

I think, it's important to understand how to release a film.

I didn't even think anyone would want to make 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to distribute 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to see 'Cop Car.'

Direction is something that interests me. Even while shooting, I always have conversations with the director to get a better understanding of shooting technicalities.

It makes sense for an actor to space out his releases. But filmmaking is unpredictable.

I have been waiting for a film like 'Maximum.' I have learnt so many things while shooting this film. The entire cast has been a pleasure to work with.

The film you know as 'Super Troopers' is a film that almost didn't happen. The script was originally commissioned and developed by Miramax, but when it failed to get a green light, Harvey Weinstein was kind enough to give it back to us so we could make it elsewhere.

I have a shot a lot of movies in Dubai.

Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.

Contrastingly to the new model of distribution, we shot Hand of God using the traditional format of film. I myself use very few apps and tend not to engage in social media. I do use Instagram under my production company's name, but that's it.

On film, you can't do it over again. And you do have to stop shooting at a certain point.

If you are not in the red playroom of pain and pleasure, … shooting the movie is much like doing any other movie.

It's not ideal to have three films coming out at once.

Sometimes it's good to miss a bus. It might be the wrong bus.

It becomes a lot better for the actors when we're 'shooting, shooting, shooting,' instead of waiting around in a trailer for something to happen.