Quotes about Studios

I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut. Votes: 4

I mean, there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now. Studios, networks are starting to throw more resources, better writers, more production values... and to be part of that is awesome. Votes: 4

Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward. Votes: 3

In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios. Votes: 3

Bolt' was made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, not by Pixar. Votes: 3

I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days. Votes: 3

The fact that Disney bought Maker Studios doesn't really change anything for me. Votes: 3

Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make. Votes: 3

Studios are like hospitals. A lot of people check in, and they don't check out. Votes: 3

Trust me: Studios, investors, filmmakers, they will shift because they just follow the money trail. Votes: 3

Florida has tons of entertainment opportunities because Walt Disney World and Universal Studios are there. Votes: 3

Studios are run by those who are way too old or mostly young, who don't think creatively. Votes: 3

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever. Votes: 3

Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement. Votes: 3

Studios, to cut through the clutter, want recognisable titles. But that does not excuse you, as a writer, from having an original story. Votes: 3

After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and jammed for 5 hours solid. Votes: 3

If you want to give me Robert Downey Jr in a metal suit and have him join the X-Men, then yes, let’s go head-to-head [with Marvel Studios]. Votes: 3

To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack. Votes: 3

Studios and networks who ignore either shift — whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement — will be left behind, Votes: 3

Studios might support people trying to do something a little bit different and they'd be more open to the fact that there's more than one path to the waterfall. Votes: 3

Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited. Votes: 3

We knew we did not want to record at Impulse Studios again, after the experience of recording in a 'real' studio in London for the Radio One session we did. Votes: 3

I mean, I've sold all these scripts and nothing's been made. Studios have closed, stars have died. I had a director find Jesus. And the pictures just don't get made. Votes: 3

Studios weren't banging on my door to offer me parts... And I thought, well how am I ever going to make movies that speak to my heart and to my values? Votes: 3

Near the end, she [Marilyn Monroe] was badly treated by Fox Studios, during the 'Let's Make Love' film shoot in 1960, they threw her off the set because she had a cold. Votes: 3

One week I was in school and the next I'm at Leavesden Studios in Dumbledore's office reading scenes with Daniel Radcliffe. Weird. And terrifying for such a huge 'Harry Potter' fan. Votes: 3

One week I was in school and the next I'm at Leavesden Studios in Dumbledore's office reading scenes with Daniel Radcliffe. Weird. And terrifying for such a huge 'Harry Potter' fan Votes: 3

While I had done the movies through Revolution Studios, we own the sitcom. It was a situation where, once the team was assembled, I knew we could create something really, really good. Votes: 3

Studios will tell you that they can't turn a profit on female-driven entertainment. Which is like the Gap saying no one is buying clothes anymore. No. No one is buying your clothes. Votes: 3

Every Thursday or something, my mother would shoot it at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center. And sometimes she would have me there when Morris The Cat was on, and Lassie was on. Votes: 3

Studios are an assembly line. They can be a very good assembly line. As a producer, you concentrate on one project at a time. As an executive, you're in charge of a slate. Votes: 3

Studios are designed to pull out all of that beautiful ambience you get from singing in a room, and then the engineer puts it back in digitally or through whatever machinery you've got. Votes: 3

Musicals are so expensive to put on the stage that you have to have the backing of a corporate, you have to have Universal Studios or Disney or somebody to put in the money. Votes: 3

Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity. Votes: 3

Dreamland Studios then was my bedroom at my parents' house, mostly [starring] people who were in my high school. They look straight at the camera; they're uncomfortable doing it. So, are [early movies] good? No. Votes: 3

When I was at U.C.L.A., I worked my way through school as a tour guide at Universal Studios, and I came in contact with a lot of people in the agency business. Votes: 3

Despite their rising international acclaim, Sachal Studios remains virtually unknown in Pakistan. The ensemble is faced with a daunting task: to reclaim and reinvigorate an art that has lost its space in Pakistan's narrowing cultural sphere. Votes: 3

When I have time off, my friends and I will go to Universal Studios, the movies, out to eat, and shopping. I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do. Votes: 3

Studios felt like Blu-ray was going to be the next panacea, and so they dumped the prices (of traditional DVDs) and devalued the product. That's a misreading of consumer behavior as well as a misreading of the economic environment. Votes: 3

I remember wearing overcoats, hiding in the bushes outside of Abbey Road Studios, waiting for the traffic to clear. As it did, we would drop our overcoats and run out on to the cross walk and strike our poses. Votes: 3

As New York careens toward the modernity of the twentieth century when Gibson girls were transforming themselves into working women, Clara Driscoll enters the male field of stained glass artistry and builds a lively, multi-national, multi-class women's department within Tiffany Studios. Votes: 3

Every now and then, people will recognize me at restaurants or Universal Studios or something. I'll always take a picture with them if they want. I mean, that's what telling stories and acting for a living are for - for the people. Votes: 3

One of the wonderful things that I've always loved as an art student, what I always loved about comics, was that they are interpreted differently by different graphic artists all the time, so now film is doing that thanks to Marvel Studios. Votes: 3

In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by that name in 1907, but, unlike his earlier adaptations of Verne, Melies' version bears no resemblance to the book. Votes: 3

Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got animation. NO more actor, although for now they still have to borrow a voice or two. Anyway, I find it abhorrent. Votes: 3

Studios might not be able to figure out my leanings, but anyone who visits my blog or reads my Twitter feed or meets me in person will realize right away that I am a huge superhero fan and a fanatic about Superman in particular. Votes: 3

Studios were just run differently. There really was a head of a studio. There were people who loved their studios. Who worked for their studios and were loaned out to other people and everybody sort of got a piece. Well now there's a handful now. Votes: 3

Consider this 're-make' business that is taking away opportunities for new ideas and new films to happen. If the movie was made right the first time, why make it again? The only reason this is happening is it has become a safer way for the Studios. Votes: 3

I record at the same place [Toe Rag or FatSounds Studios in London], with the same people [Liam Watson at Toe Rag and Ed Deegan at Fatsounds], every time. It makes it effortless, and another reason for the vast output when I do go in and record stuff. Votes: 3

My family took a vacation to Universal Studios when I was really young. Me and my brother Richard - who's also an actor - were both really intrigued by seeing the behind-the-scenes stuff of how films are made. We kind of begged our parents to get into acting. Votes: 3

My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal. Votes: 3

Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But I've written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, I've done it all. Votes: 3

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't. Votes: 2

Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it. Votes: 2

I don't really have studios. I wander around around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me. Votes: 2

Game studios, developers, and major publishers need to vocally speak up against the harassment of women and say this behavior is unacceptable. Votes: 2

Rappers aren't the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone's business to be super wealthy. Votes: 2

As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion. Votes: 2

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent. Votes: 2

I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to get those out of the paper or from television. So they wouldn't have had my quote opening day. Votes: 2

Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what. Votes: 2

And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something. Votes: 2

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and knowing nothing about Picasso, I had the audacity to knock on his door, became his friend, and took thousands of photographs, of him, his studios, his life and his friends. Votes: 2

There are many movies that have done it very badly. The studios have gone for quick profits and audiences are feeling angry. People aren't taking the time and spending the money to do it right. I am. Votes: 2

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance. Votes: 2

Well, my closest friends are still the ones that I went to school with, but it's nice to go to work, at the studios, and have people there that you're willing to talk to and have a good conversation with. Votes: 2

I have a big box of autographs. I took photographs of me and Marlene Dietrich, me and Ida Lupino. I took pictures of Myrna Loy and Joel McCrea in front of the studios. I loved Hollywood. I have 500 autographs and 500 photographs I took. Votes: 2

It seems like the studios are either making giant blockbusters, or really super-small indies. And the mid-level films I grew up on, like 'Back to the Future' and all those John Hughes movies, the studios aren't doing. It's hard to get them on their feet. Votes: 2

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time. Votes: 2

I loved all those classic figures from the '30s and '40s... Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart, Rita Hayworth. They had such glamour and style. I loved the movies of those times too - so much attention paid to details, lights, clothing, the way the studios would develop talent. Votes: 2

Well, the studios don't really want to take those risks right off the bat. They'll take the risk after they've seen the finished product and say oh yeah we want that. This is a great film but they are hesitant to take the risk when you just see it on paper. Votes: 2

I think with the success of, like, every summer there has been a couple R-rated comedies that have done so well; I think it is so nice to see that people are turning out to see these movies, and it doesn't seem to be as big a stigma with the studios anymore. Votes: 2

I think good-looking people seldom make good television. And American television studios almost concede before they start: 'Well, it won't be good, but at least it'll be good-looking. We'll have nice-looking girls in tight shirts with F.B.I. badges and fit-looking guys with lots of hair gel vaulting over things.' Votes: 2

I think the way WWE Studios is going now - they're going away from action, doing more drama, more comedy - it will open a lot of people's eyes. Because a lot of people see big guy, big frame: action superstar. We've proven, especially with 'Legendary,' that that is not always the case. Votes: 2

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I had a really bad run. I would sleep in my car during the day outside the Disney building in Burbank, and that's where I got my first job, which is really weird. I liked to stay around the studios and kind of get the good vibes going. Votes: 2

I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it's important, but I don't really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them. Votes: 2

I don't like to deal with studios. Votes: 0

Nowadays, I really like playing in studios. Votes: 0

The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds. Votes: 0

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants. Votes: 0

I realized that the studios didn't really understand their own system. Votes: 0

If you look at successful studios, they're the ones with stabilized management. Votes: 0

The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios. Votes: 0

The problem with movies now is that studios don't take a chance. Votes: 0

From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck. Votes: 0

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios. Votes: 0

I'm happy in English studios. I just feel like there's no pressure anywhere. Votes: 0

The studios will go wherever they smell money. It's like sharks to the blood. Votes: 0

I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about. Votes: 0

Between the marriages, I shagged my way round television studios like a mechanical digger. Votes: 0

I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios. Votes: 0

Now women are rising to great positions and they run most of the studios now. Votes: 0

Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts. Votes: 0

If you look at American studios, the big productions have nothing to do with reality. Votes: 0

In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you. Votes: 0

Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they dont care about movies. Votes: 0

If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives? Votes: 0

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios. Votes: 0

You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios. Votes: 0

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series. Votes: 0

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks. Votes: 0

I'm not used to studios being ecstatic about we did and saying, "Please go do that again." Votes: 0

More women have to be in charge of studios, so that they can greenlight films with women. Votes: 0

Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't. Votes: 0

And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into any cut, frankly. Votes: 0

Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant. Votes: 0

Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent. Votes: 0

The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy. Votes: 0

I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics. Votes: 0

I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage. Votes: 0

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience. Votes: 0

Movie studios, Hollywood studios, by and large are not making the kind of movies that I go to see. Votes: 0

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make. Votes: 0

Comedy works in fashion cycles, in a way. And sometimes, studios will imitate those cycles a little too much. Votes: 0

It's hard to get movie studios to pay a lot of money for movies that don't have robots or explosions. Votes: 0

I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit. Votes: 0

On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching. Votes: 0

The normal Hollywood approach is to have a super-charged production company and then go to the studios for distribution and marketing. Votes: 0

I don't mind being in studios, and I don't mind being out in nature. They're two different ways of making movies. Votes: 0

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios. Votes: 0

Audiences can be leery of sequels; the studios make a hit, they see dollar signs, and they make a cheap rip-off. Votes: 0

If Shakespeare were alive today and writing comedy for the movies, he would be the head-liner for the Mack Sennett studios. Votes: 0

The studios knew how to build a star, and they knew what to do with you. They also taught you everything. Votes: 0

I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea. Votes: 0

There's so many characters they [studios] are not letting me play. And I thought, "Why don't you just go produce it yourself?". Votes: 0

I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?' Votes: 0

I don't see why it's such a stretch for distributors, buyers, and studios to put cartoon characters into adult situations on film. Votes: 0

I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in. Votes: 0

In modern studios, we're so used to becoming little dictators; you're used to the fascism of having complete control over every element. Votes: 0

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me. Votes: 0

A lot of people think that I grew up in recording studios and knew the whole process, but that was never the case. Votes: 0

Movie studios aren't making too many dramas anymore; they're in the superhero business. Material for television is much, much stronger for actors now. Votes: 0

If a script writer had come up with a story resembling what you have just achieved, even the Hollywood studios would have refused. Votes: 0

The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams. Votes: 0

The brains of members of the Press departments of motion-picture studios resemble soup at a cheap restaurant. It is wiser not to stir them. Votes: 0

Hollywood changed to become a more marketing-driven Hollywood, where people who are running the studios are more like marketing people, and they need titles. Votes: 0

I am always surprised at what movie studios think people will want to see. I'm even more surprised at how often they are correct. Votes: 0

Yoga has moved from relative anonymity in the West to a well-recognized practice offered in thousands of studios, community centers, hospitals, gyms, and health clubs. Votes: 0

I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories. Votes: 0

When I look at commercial studios, I think, "Oh, they're all so nice and tidy," but it's because they don't actually write music in them. Votes: 0

I park two blocks away from Nickelodeon studios and I hop on my skateboard and I skateboard the rest of the way to the studio. Votes: 0

Producers and studios know what sells. It's nice to be one of the guys that can help sell a movie by taking his shirt off. Votes: 0

...I loved to dance in studios, but not necessarily on stage. What I loved was to sweat and to feel every single pore open up Votes: 0

I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay in. Votes: 0

I always feel like there's something magic in recording studios. There's a reason good music continues to be made in them. It's just some mojo element. Votes: 0

I've been involved in burlesque for a really long time and I've always been really interested in burlesque, and I was writing musicals for different studios. Votes: 0

I was used to getting changed in pub toilets before going on set. Then suddenly I had studios in L.A. advising me on my hair. Votes: 0

The magic happens in the creative studios. But sometimes you're inspired when you're removed from it a little bit. That's when the juice starts to percolate. Votes: 0

Most of the projects aren't that interesting anymore. There used to be a day when the studios made amazing films, and they were about human beings. Votes: 0

Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine. Votes: 0

Sometimes it's hard for me to tell the difference between independent filmmaking and studio filmmaking because all the studios have these little independent satellites. It's interesting. Votes: 0

Bands will always need studios. The more people there are recording at home, the more people there will be who are going to need a studio. Votes: 0

In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on. Votes: 0

During my time at high school and university in Kreuzlingen and St. Gallen, I traveled around Europe looking at art, visiting artists, studios, galleries and museums. Votes: 0

One thing that seems to surprise the studios is finding out later my willingness to audition. Under the right circumstances, I actually enjoy it very much. Votes: 0

The movie industry has been contacting me. I have been auditioning - that's actually why I am in California. I was here meeting with studios and auditioning. Votes: 0

It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine. Votes: 0

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors. Votes: 0

I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market box office films. Votes: 0

I met Jason Donovan at RAK studios. He had jodphurs on and small riding boots as he jumped out of the cab. He looked just like me! Votes: 0

The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made. Votes: 0

I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated. Votes: 0

It's always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite capacity to be shocked. Votes: 0

Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews. I think the readers deserve to read my reviews before the studios do. Votes: 0

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage on them for studios. Votes: 0

Executives and studios really like to have control over their product. They panic or they're not secure enough to trust in the powers of really amazing improv people. Votes: 0

I actually worked for a small company in Ohio that sort of farmed out work from Disney and Dreamworks, so I really only ever worked in two studios. Votes: 0

I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good. Votes: 0

I think ultimately audience members like to see someone controlling the quality of a film. A lot of films you see are made by committees and studios and producers. Votes: 0

[Maxine Waters] was kind enough to join us here at our studios in Washington, D.C., in advance of women's march in Washington in which she will be participating. Votes: 0

We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie. Votes: 0

Being a working person who works for the studios. It's a minefield and there's tons of stuff you need to know. And people mess it up all the time. Votes: 0

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today. Votes: 0

I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting. Votes: 0

Warner Bros., where I spent pretty much most of my professional life, they continue to make a lot of movies but so many of the studios are pulling back. Votes: 0

I need to be working with the art world in N.Y.C. as much as I need to be working in my studios in Chicago and rural Wisconsin. Votes: 0

My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image. Votes: 0

Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any quality movies that required the presence of me. Votes: 0

The studios are very much business. Maybe it was always that way. It is really commercial now. Judgments are made and directions are given to make the cash register ring. Votes: 0

But what's interesting is now - and not only in horror, but across the board - the studios basically only make B pictures with A budgets. That's the biggest difference. Votes: 0

I've had various experiences where I've been called by Hollywood studios to look at a script or comment on various scientific ideas that they're trying to inject into a story. Votes: 0

In my opinion, there's this new phenomenon where guys used to talk about cars a lot in the past. But, more and more it's becoming them talking about recording studios. Votes: 0

The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits. Votes: 0

Warner Bros. is really open-minded, as far as studios go, when it comes to the types of movies they'll entertain, even with animated movies. It's a great place to be. Votes: 0

I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data. Votes: 0

More and more what we're licensing, we're licensing on a global basis - even though the studios aren't orchestrated to sell that way yet, my bet is that they will. Votes: 0

Women can do anything, and I want to see that. I want them to make more movies for girls, and just for girls. I want studios to start doing that. Votes: 0

During the '90s, a lot of us in the indie film world were not making our money off our movies. We were screenwriters doing scripts for hire for studios. Votes: 0

Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the Government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York! Votes: 0

If you're a movie star, the studios don't want you to act. They just want you to show up and look good and chase girls and have a lot of laughs. Votes: 0

A lot of sources said I was born in 1917. That is incorrect. I was born in 1920. 1917 was the year the studios listed as my birth year to make me appear younger. Votes: 0

Beyonce gave us direction, and she had like four or five studios going at one time, but then she only sings what she likes. "Back Up" was one of those records. Votes: 0

The major studios are by and large banks, and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like banks, they want their money back plus. Votes: 0

I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood. Votes: 0

In fact, most of the work that I have done for the American Hollywood things have not been in Hollywood. The studios are going out in Europe or around the place working. Votes: 0

Don't forget, I've been fired by studios; I'm not the studio's guy. I'm a guy who can work with studios, but if you ask any studio, I stand up to these people. Votes: 0

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material. Votes: 0

I spent most of the year in the studio for electronic music at a radio station in Cologne or in other studios where I produced new works with all kinds of electronic apparatus. Votes: 0

Things have changed a great deal since the days of Mr. Mayer. The studios no longer control, as they did in those days, artists or directors or producers, as the case may be. Votes: 0

Producers and studios want to make movies that are more appealing internationally and I think that you have to use your different cultures as an advantage to be able to make those movies. Votes: 0

I don't think an NC-17 rating is the kiss of death. Nor do I think that, in the hands of the right filmmakers, studios have a preconceived notion to pass on NC-17 material. Votes: 0

I'm thinking of doing a marital comedy for one of the studios, but I want it to be so painful that it'll have a profound effect on married couples who see it together. Votes: 0

I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit. Votes: 0

People want to buy mp3s but can't? Piracy ensues. Then Apple strong-arms the music studios into the iTunes store and music piracy drops somewhat. The same, I believe, is also happening with ebooks. Votes: 0

Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I changed studios and got larger spaces, I made bigger paintings. Votes: 0

It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder. Votes: 0

I think being a partner with the studios and networks and, more importantly, being a great source for consumers to watch that programming is always going to be a part of our programming mix. Votes: 0

I really love something about being around the recording studios - you know, like, those days in the '80s they'd be, like, in the studio 'til 4, 5, 6 in the morning working on these songs. Votes: 0

OSHA had come in and looked at the channel 5 studios and it sort of had something to do with wrestling, but they found that there were some safety concerns that had to be addressed. Votes: 0

There's an anxiety of wanting to please the studios. You want to prove to them that you can do it and sometimes you might jump at a project that you're not totally passionate about. Votes: 0

I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I now feel a lot like I did when I did that record. Votes: 0

I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before. Votes: 0

There is a certain thing that you have to just stick to the plan, stick to what you want to do, and you try to work with studios and executives that they get it. Votes: 0

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings. Votes: 0

When studios start telling me why a particular film project won't work, I remember 'Rocky.' I remember that the biggest success Bob Chartoff and I have had was a film nobody wanted to make. Votes: 0

You have to strike the deals, and they have an interest in them. With a revenue share model where you're already splitting with the studios, you have to do something with Fandango and so on. Votes: 0

The heads of the studios, like Louis B. Mayer, didn't want to create any more musical stars. So Bobby [Fosse] left and went to New York City to be a choreographer, and created brilliant work. Votes: 0

I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but going to studios, greeting musicians and artists, just getting a vibe. Votes: 0

I actually had less time and the exact same budget on Hairspray, which was few years ago and this is a much bigger movie [then Rock of Ages]. That's the way studios do it now. Votes: 0

I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians accompanying us - and the feeling of ritual the classes had. Votes: 0

I do believe in us as actors and directors and writers and producers and also as movie-goers. We have much more power than we believe we have. Without our ticket, studios can't make traditional decisions. Votes: 0