Occupation: Film Producer Birth: August 23, 1952
I don't have to do emails, I don't have to protect myself about anything, I don't have any chain of command. My job is just to try and give everybody….
There's so many people that are interested in film and especially in terms of the technology side of film, that suddenly the fruits of everybody's la….
You have to be producing to be able to be called a producer..
Most people who love movies and kind of understand the process realize that if you do a character like Gollum or Jar Jar or any major digital charact….
It has absolutely no meaning to me to be an executive producer on a film that I have nothing to do with except come to the wrap party or the premiere….
Nobody sets out to make a bad film, but so many of those compromises are made and often they're made because of vanity, pride and ego..
We're hoping that in three or four years time, we'll have to never have to answer another question regarding 'Star Wars,' ... With the series, we're ….
It's easy to be a backseat driver. It's even easier to be a backseat driver when you're not even in the same car..
You need somebody to have the idea, you need somebody who can deal with the studio and the normal things, but it's too different of a credit. That cr….
Producers don't really publicize movies..
Every single frame, every single shot in the movie, has a digital effect..
One of the great things is, you're never a producer unless you're making a movie..
The average film has eight or ten producers on it. That is just in a world that would be unthinkable to me, because to me, to really be a producer of….
It's so dense, every single image has so many things going on..
The only way I can stop people from stealing is also not to steal myself, and it's one of the most difficult things..