I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds.

- Barry Levinson

I thought a great line in the What Just Happened movie said, "We're just the mayonnaise."

- Barry Levinson

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

- Barry Levinson

As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.

- Barry Levinson

You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.

- Barry Levinson

It's always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.

- Barry Levinson

I think test screening works at its best when the audience knows what it's getting.

- Barry Levinson

You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.

- Barry Levinson

There's no downside to having too much experience.

- Barry Levinson