"It seemed like there were so many options in filmmaking before. If they don't want to make it, well okay, there's a hundred other places we can try. I'm not a producer and I don't even know the places my producer goes to, thankfully. But I think there are far fewer options now to releasing a movie theatrically or to getting the financing."

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Source : Source: www.avclub.com

Nicole Holofcener

#Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Filmmaking Quotes

“When we invoke the soul we move from the realm of information to the more vital realm of wisdom, the attainment of which is the only true value of learning.”
“I can't imagine being sixty years of age and playing music I wrote when I was in my twenties. I would rather sail the sea of consequence to new lands. Laps around the shallow end of the pool, not for me.”
“Abraham Zogoiby covered his face that night in August 1939 because he had been assailed by fear, [...] a sudden apprehension that the ugliness of life might defeat its beauty; that love did not make lovers invulnerable. Nevertheless, he thought, even if the world's beauty and love were on the edge of destruction, theirs would still be the only side to be on; defeated love would still be love, hate's victory would not make it other than it was.”
“Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.”
“For too long we have tried to consume our way to prosperity. Look at the cost: polluted lands and oceans, climate change, growing scarcity of resources from food to land to fresh water, rampant inequality. We need to invent a new model; a model that offers growth and social inclusion... that is more respectful of the planet's finite resources. Nature has been kind to human beings, but we have not been kind to nature.”
“All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.”
“Historically the buffalo had more influence on man than all other Plains animals combined. It was life, food, raiment, and shelter to the Indians. The buffalo and the Plains Indians lived together, and together passed away. The year 1876 marks practically the end of both.”

Source : Walter Prescott Webb (1959). “The Great Plains”, p.44, U of Nebraska Press
“I can't concern myself with how viewers feel.”

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