Quotes About Industry

I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do about movies. There will always be good movies but I think, for the most part, it's always going to be a huge fight to get those movies made. TV is the best place to be as a writer, I think.

A lot of people like mainstream country because they're not given another option of country music to like that's modern.

I wanted to make money very fast, and I was completely confused after college. I didn't know what career options I had. And then I had this entry point in the film industry, and I thought, 'If this is where the fast money is going to come from, let's see how it goes.'

I did some feature work, then tried TV. I was always very aware that the only power that you have is the power of options. If the film industry dries up, then you focus on the TV or the books. For me, it was always about what story do I want to tell next?

I want to do more in the beauty industry and maybe try out some other career options, maybe some acting in the future.

I would be amazed if Oracle does not buy NetSuite.

Working in Hollywood for the orchestra world is a very time consuming and laborious job.

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.

We really need a public-interest government that is not taking marching orders from the fossil-fuel industry and the banks and the war profiteers. We really need a government that is acting on our behalf.

Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before.

In the pharma space, we have been growing both organically as well as through acquisitions.

I am not saying one is better than the other. I enjoy both. But Hollywood is far more organised than Bollywood.

It's no longer permissible to have sexist comments, but growing up in this industry, I spent time in many other organizations where it was just commonplace for men to talk about how a woman looks or give a woman a little bit of a harder time in a meeting and then say, 'I'm just joking - it's because I care about you.'

The biggest change is that production has become organized, there is proper funding. It is more secure. Earlier, some people used to put in their money and if the money is not enough, it would go down the drain.

Film production is not rocket science. It's about organizing resources and pooling in funds.

Originality is definitely missing from EDM. There are people looking for it and exploring but I feel it's so big now it is just getting milked. House music is losing all its melody as it becomes more about how dirty the drop is and how energetic it is. It loses touch with what music really is.

I originally invested in Dropcam because I foresaw what the company and their products could do for consumers and the industry. I've been deeply impressed with what they've done in such little time, and I'm confident that they'll continue to exceed my expectations.

When Orlando gets to the point where they're hiring local directors, that will be good.

Television is blue-collar work. You clock in in the morning; you work 12, 13 hours - sometimes 18 hours if you're doing 'Orphan Black.'

An orthodox belief in big government's inefficiency cannot coexist with an orthodox belief in private industry's inability to compete with big government.

January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.

Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects.

Stuntmen bring a lot to the film industry, especially in action films, but if you start trying to give an Oscar for a stuntman, say he doubled a star, I think that takes away from the star's value.