Producers - we always think, "Well, producers are very powerful," but producers don't really have the power. It's the appearance they might, but they don't. Even the actors don't. Even the studio heads don't, because they're beholden to this corporation and what the corporation wants. So no one really has the power, and everybody's trying to get through the day, and everybody's nervous and desperate.
I thought a great line in the What Just Happened movie said, "We're just the mayonnaise." - Barry Levinson
I thought a great line in the What Just Happened movie said, "We're just the mayonnaise."
- Barry Levinson
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 think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds.
First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct. - Barry Levinson
First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital. - Barry Levinson
As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion. - Barry Levinson
You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.
You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen. - Barry Levinson
You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.
It's always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie. - Barry Levinson
It's always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.
I think test screening works at its best when the audience knows what it's getting. - Barry Levinson
I think test screening works at its best when the audience knows what it's getting.
There's no downside to having too much experience. - Barry Levinson
There's no downside to having too much experience.
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