Andrew Haigh Quotes

Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. If they don't see it, I can think they're wrong, but I'm not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film.

You don't make pictures for Oscars.

I like travelling and if I have to come to Hollywood to make a movie I will, but otherwise I'd never move there. It's very much an industry town and that doesn't really interest me.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about it.

The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'

Real movie producers aren't this nice.

When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar.

'The Last Starfighter' was the first movie I did in the U.S. It was an absolute joy to be a part of it. 'Night of the Comet' was a labor of love. Truly a collaborative effort. I am eternally grateful for the experiences.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

The idea of working with David Fincher or Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson or Scorsese or Spielberg or any of the guys I really idolize is a dream for me.

I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit.

The difficulty of getting a movie made through a major studio is so extreme that when a movie comes out, everyone should give it four stars because it was accomplished.

I moved out to Los Angeles with the idea of becoming a director, which thousands, if not tens and hundreds of thousands, of people do, every year. It's a very competitive field, of course. I immediately got swept away into the visual side of things, starting with visual effects, and then designing.

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.

I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.

The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.

The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

It has made me realise how many doors open for you when you're up for an Oscar. It seems once you are nominated, it validates you as a serious director, and you become someone that people want to work with.

Ever since I was a little kid, I told my mom that I want to go to Hollywood and make a 'Batman' movie.

I see myself starring in and producing major feature films.