David Twohy Quotes

Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all.

We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.

I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made.

The deal is that you can do it, you don't really owe me anything, but at the end of it, I own the film. Then I can actually go out and reprint or not reprint if it I want.

Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.

I sold my first screenplay six months before 'Glee,' but they had the option for a year and now it's back with me.

I think that one of the most useful applications of the Creator's Bill of Rights is that it clearly indicates for creators what rights they have at the outset.

It's called showbusiness, and the business end of it is very important, especially now. You have to learn the business end of it; otherwise, you get ripped off left, right and centre.

We need to create technologies - and a culture of respect, and an updated legal doctrine, too - that allow creative folks to make money from their own efforts.

Selling a film option and getting a studio on board can be a slow process, and until things are official, you never want to spill the beans.

Don't sell your publishing.

If you have sold the film rights to somebody, take your money and leave. If the producers need you, they will call you. But you have to be careful about who you are selling your book to, and ensure that it is not tampered with.

We can license our intellectual property to new customers and expand agreements with existing ones over time and more.

First hand on 'Go Goa Gone' I learnt how to write on final drafts, how the process works.

I never signed 'NH 10' officially. I was supposed to do it. Then it got delayed. Then I moved on to other films like 'Kai Po Che' and 'Shahid.'

I am an actress, not a producer; I can't decide release dates.

The standard publishing contract is replete with clauses that strip authors of control over their books.

Don't sign your publishing away.

I feel like I don't have much of a preference. With TV, it's just a longer process, so you need to be more sure that you really want to be involved in it for a longer time than you would be with film.

The best thing about being a film producer is I get to spend 99 per cent of my time behind the scenes.

If we don't give the authors of music, film, literature, and journalism a way to control the distribution of their goods, the quality of all of these creative efforts will decline.

I made experimental commercials in the experimental division of a production house, Film X, that made commercials for ad agencies.

When you're working on a Marvel movie, their legal department do not play.

There's so many people involved in making a film.

When I signed my first record deal, I brought it over to my lawyer to look over.