Quotes About Budget

Professionally, my first book came out at the age of 29, where I wrote about my experiences of backpacking in U.S. on a frugal budget.

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit.

It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.

Multiplex cinema culture has created a level-playing field for directors where small budget movies are able to break even, even make profit.

Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was an artificially elevated number to make up from the very low grant the year before.

I've always pre-vized my movies, just on my own. Even when it was, like, zero-budget things, I used this programme to do storyboards because I can't draw that well.

I've been up in the Arctic Circle where they have hockey rinks that don't have any heating. So it's - 40 C outside, it's - 55 inside. Or there's a social centre but no budget for anybody to run any programs. Stuff we wouldn't accept in Winnipeg, but we let it go on and on and on.

I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits.

In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion of a movie, the budget is almost as large as the cost of the movie.

I have no proper money to invest!

The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure.

The overall policing budget is protected.

If you're on a budget, Sweetgreen is a new chain of salad bars that are very good but inexpensive. You choose from a menu or customise your own, with some protein, a healthy salad and a great dressing.

The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small budget, adapt yourself. Having $200 million dollars doesn't ensure that you're definitely going to make a good movie. There's so many examples that prove that.

It just proves good movies don't need 100 million dollars to be good.

When completed, the budget must provide the services we have promised to our constituents.

I did 'Are We There Yet?' because I wanted to do a movie for my fans' kids. Black kids don't really see movies on this budget for them, starring them. And there's so many white kids that love that movie.

Being fashionable does not mean you have to drain your bank account.

There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.

As anyone who lived through the 1990s knows, nothing shrinks our deficits faster than a growing economy.

I think there is a lot of fat in the government.

I feel that your ambitions should always exceed the budget.

My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.

There's no other industry in the world where you could spend $100m as frivolously as they do in the film industry. Think about how much good you could do with $100m... it can be spent in 20 minutes on a movie.