I look for the ability to work. Directing is hard work. They don't teach you that in film school. Critics are not aware of it, but it is hard, physical work.
There's always something that draws you away from the original script. - Roger Corman
There's always something that draws you away from the original script.
- Roger Corman
In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady. - Roger Corman
In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady.
In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman. - Roger Corman
In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.
Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this c… - Roger Corman
Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this c…
I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew - the writer, … - Roger Corman
I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew - the writer, …
The safest genre is the horror film. But the most unsafe - the most dangerous - is comedy. Because even if your horror film isn't very good, you'll g… - Roger Corman
The safest genre is the horror film. But the most unsafe - the most dangerous - is comedy. Because even if your horror film isn't very good, you'll g…
One of the worst things you can do is have a limited budget and try to do some big looking film. That's when you end up with very bad work. - Roger Corman
One of the worst things you can do is have a limited budget and try to do some big looking film. That's when you end up with very bad work.
When you're talking horror or sci-fi, you're working in a genre that has loosely certain thematic elements, or, you could even call them rules. But r… - Roger Corman
When you're talking horror or sci-fi, you're working in a genre that has loosely certain thematic elements, or, you could even call them rules. But r…
Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make mone… - Roger Corman
Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make mone…
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