Studios Quotes - Page 31

• 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.

  Chris Pine

  Dad, Crazy, Grandmother

  "Pine Was Destined To Act" by wenn.com, November 12, 2010.

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• I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke.

  Michael Pitt

  Independent, Want, Film

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• I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker.

  Ryan Phillippe

  One Day, Filmmaker

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• You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.

  Aidan Quinn

  Stars, Thinking, Office

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• I don't typically work that late into the night in a studio, I'm more productive during the day.

  Amy Ray

  Night, Late, Productive

  "Lung Of Love : A Conversation With Amy Ray". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 24, 2012.

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• I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.

  Haley Reinhart

  Believe, Vices, Sound

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• I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.

  Jackson Rathbone

  Blessed, Independent, Careers

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• 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.

  Mark Rydell

  Independent, Directors, Substance

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• When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.

  Nicole Richie

  Design, Events, Looks

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• I've gotten to work with amazing people. I would say usually we get to a point before we get into the studio where there isn't that sense of anxiety or nervousness of who they are because I don't think it would be as productive in the studio if that was the case. But maybe meeting someone like Neil Young for the first time made me anxious.

  Rick Rubin

  Thinking, People, Anxiety

  "Dave Grohl Vs Rick Rubin". Interview with Tim Noakes, www.dazeddigital.com. March 21, 2013.

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• Up until the time Turner Broadcasting bought Hanna-Barbera, it was essentially an independent studio whose planning cycle had to be nine months. You got a pickup in January, and you put it on the air in September. That's been the cycle.

  Fred Seibert

  Independent, Air, Nine

  "Q&A with Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert". Interview with Phil Gallo and Richard Setlowe, variety.com. March 23, 1994.

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• I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It's really risky.

  John Slattery

  People, Film, Bigs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You simply cannot do a sitcom by committee. It will not work. You've got to have one or two clean, creative voices in charge, and there's got to be some faith by the studio and network in those people to make the right choices.

  Amy Sherman-Palladino

  Two, Voice, People

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. February 9, 2005.

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• I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

  Andy Summers

  Play, Records, Paint

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• I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything.

  Ashlee Simpson

  Dad, Artist, Giving

  "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. October 22, 2005.

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• There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is Zodiac, and that didn't perform that well.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Zodiac, Done, Ranking

  "Chloë's world". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2008.

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• In most of the stuff that I've done over the years as a sideman, I wasn't really a session musician, because to me, a session musician is a guy who makes his living in the studio, and I never really did that.

  David Sanborn

  Years, Guy, Done

  "Jazzin’ Around". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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• I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio.

  David Sylvian

  Aspect, Arrangements

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• I tour more than I need to, more than is good for you. But it's my favorite part of music. I much prefer it to studio work.

  Gil Scott-Heron

  Needs, My Favorite

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• For Sony, owning a studio is a gamble and probably a pretty good one, now that in the broadband era having content is a great advantage when you sell devices that in a ubiquitous world of distribution can actually show programs, movies, content directly to the consumer. So that you actually create, in a digital world, real synergy.

  Howard Stringer

  Real, World, Eras

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• 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.

  Karlheinz Stockhausen

  Years, Radio, New Work

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• In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios.

  Kodi Smit-McPhee

  Universal Studios, Universal

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• I just want to be in the studio. When you've got all the gear you want in your own house, it's difficult to go out and do something else, you know?

  Jeff Lynne

  House, Gears, Want

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

  Julian Lennon

  Thinking, People, Grew Up

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's a lot of different parts to me, so it makes total sense to me that I would do a big TV show or studio movie and then do a free comedy show the next day. They both feel equally important to me.

  Jenny Slate

  Tv Shows, Next Day, Important

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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