Quotes from Paul Dinello

Any filmmaker who has translated some personal vision into a film that actually gets shot and distributed is wildly successful. Congratulations! Anything after that is gravy.

It's never easy getting an independent film made and distributed - even when it's easy.

I don't think any of us think of ourselves as artists or actors - clowns, we'll accept that label.

I felt like there was a certain standard that we held 'Strangers' to, so I think about that whenever I work on something.

This time you've gone too far, Dorothy Parker! This time you've gone too far!

Fear is a funny thing. If that's true, why aren't I laughing?

And if there is one thing I've learned, it's if you don't put it out there, they won't put it in there.

I don't have any ill will toward anybody, except for maybe the people...yeah, the people.

Is that a knife in his hand or an ice cream cone? You'll never know until you taste it.

The Lord, like every woman I have ever known, was cold and distant.

I've seen the hollow, empty eyes of desperate people staggering under the weight of debt and twisting with the agony of poverty. And now I could make money off of having seen that. Finally, a job I was qualified for!