Quotes About Production

No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it.

It's great to wave the flag - I always say we're proud to be made in America - but I think our distinction is we make it well in America.

Production-wise, 'Looks Like a Job For... ' is an incredible album. I think that the weak point of the album was really me.

You shouldn't really have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound good. It should all be done with microphones and microphone placement.

All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.

I probably spent about 40 percent of 2019 on a plane and filming.

My normal way of filming something is, like, one camera, very well planned out, knowing exactly how we're going to get each shot.

I've been on lots of movies where we've done a lot of planning of sets - how much you build, and is this big enough, and will this get us what we need? - just with foam-core models.

When you have the cast, the sets, the lights, an opera takes on its own life. I'm not one of those directors who marches in with a set of plans.

Sample clearances and roll-out plans is what separates mix-tapes & albums.

I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road.

It is quite plausible that the process of increased fragmentation of production across borders is subject to 'diminishing returns' and has its natural limits.

I'm not just a voice who wants to sing on anything. I co-produce, I want to select who comes in and plays on what songs, who to duet with and all of it.

One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed.

There is something pleasurable for an actor to produce something and not be in it.

I got plenty of grief for 'Blackwater,' because in the books, there's this huge chain across the harbor that features prominently in the battle. And we simply weren't able to do it with our budget and do it any justice, so we had to lose it.

'Arrested Development' is great; Mitch Hurwitz is great. Plus, it's the one show I've ever had where, on the small parts, he just let me cast people.

I'd like to produce something with Kanye. Like, my production plus his, I think he'd make something really cool.

Right now, we're trying to make sure that what we produce is as good for the environment as possible or, at least, helps clean up another problem.

America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.

I write songs; I record them. When I get enough, and it seems like a coherent piece, I call it an album.

I need to go out and write and produce my own stuff and collaborate with other women.

Everything I write in my show is a collaboration with a team.

Production has always been a fantasy of mine, and I got really lucky and had a sister who put a lot of faith and trust in me, and was very collaborative, and was willing to let me produce her entire album.