Production Value Quotes

People talk about the difference between working on stage and working on film. I think you could say that there are as many differences between working on low budget films and working on big budget films. You really are doing the same thing, but at the same time you're doing something vastly different as well.

I want to make sensible commercial films.

I'm always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images they got.

Whether it's TV shows or the films that I've done, it's always a priority for me that the entire script should be good.

The film industry sees the writer as fungible: The thinking goes, As long as we have Brad Pitt and all this money, we have a great film! No, you need a writer with voice and an engaging story, or what you have is a bomb.

You can have an amazing director and terrible script, and the film's not going to be great. But if you have the most incredible script and an okay director, you could still get a really good film.

Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production.

I don't know if TV is where I see my format working.

There's never been a mathematical equation that says a good experience making a movie equates to a good movie, or a bad experience on a set is going to lead to a bad movie.

The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.

One of the things I noticed about the '2 Broke Girls' pilot was that it looked like a new episode in a season and not a pilot, and that's an amazing sign.

I think a project is full of charms if it's a good production or has a character that I'm greedy for.

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.

'Paranormal Activity' had fifty versions because it was $250 to reshoot. We'd screen it, see one thing wrong, shoot for an hour, fix it, and then screen it again. You don't have to be disciplined about it. On a regular movie, you have to screen it and think of every problem, reshoot for three days and solve every problem, and then you're done.

I can't watch a movie where the actors are great and the photography sucks.

'ABCD' is a very good film - the story, the production value - everything is excellent.

I figure it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy; if I make a successful arena rock record, I'll wind up playing arenas! I wouldn't mind being back in that kind of venue because of the kinds of things you can do with production. You can make your shows more interesting, which would be fun to do.

I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for having production value. But now it's all that! People need to get what they pay for! Otherwise, just listen to recorded music.

A lot of people liked 'Amala,' and that's great. However, I don't think it was a finished album.

Like, when I write a song, the song comes first before production. Everything is written on an acoustic guitar so you can strip away everything from it and have it be equally as entertaining and good without the bells and whistles.

When people come to me with an idea and they say, 'We can do it found footage or traditional,' I always say to do it traditionally.

I feel I have been a part of some very wonderful films, and I have had it in mind when I was on the set, every day, that what I am doing has meaning.

A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been.

My family believes in a good script and ultimately everything that is attached to it. I am more interested in a hit film than a good film.

We can even sing off key, but if it's produced properly it can be a hit.