Quotes About Industry

You already have the most important tool which is work

The world system is employment

We were created to work (not have jobs) for a living

The kind of films I want to make are struggling to get made. And if they are getting made, they're getting made on shoestring budgets with not enough time.

At every writers' conference, you have the opportunity to hear from best-selling authors, top literary agents, and excellent editors who will demystify the publishing industry and give you great advice, no matter where you are in your writing career or what you're currently struggling with.

I'm apparently attracted to things that are on the edge of what America really wants to watch: 'Six Feet Under,' 'Sports Night,' 'Dirty Sexy Money,' and 'Parenthood' were always struggling in the ratings. It was kind of heartbreaking not knowing if we get to come back every season.

When I got my record deal, my mum was still struggling a little bit, so the entertainment industry took advantage of that. My mum needed money, and so she signed a contract.

I learned that it's OK to be stubborn about your craft, and it's OK to demand excellence from the industry.

The government shouldn't step in at the first stage and create land banks. Industry should buy the land as much as they can, and if they get stuck, then the government should step in.

I don't think the narrative I was stuck in - the 'black' designer category - was going to go away anytime soon.

I'd say that 98 percent of the bands we've played with through the years have either broken up or are stuck in some kind of '80s revival now.

I consider myself a student of Hollywood.

If I could be involved in the hunting and fishing industry, that would be amazing. That said, I studied biology in college and that led into me being really involved in anatomy and being a pre-med major.

When I went to City of Bath College, I studied the music business.

The reality of the music industry is that I was a 22-year-old college graduate who was able to walk into boardrooms and be the one in charge. It's incredibly empowering. I wasn't ready - I definitely was not ready - but I was prepared as I possibly could have been because I had studied the music industry.

What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions.

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.

I like studio movies; I love big commercial movies.

The difficulty of getting a movie made through a major studio is so extreme that when a movie comes out, everyone should give it four stars because it was accomplished.

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.

We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.

When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.

You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.