Charlie Ebersol Quotes

My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer and my mom's a director and writer.

There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.

I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.

Justin Theroux is the ideal team partner to have. He's a writer. He's a director.

My biggest inspiration is to work with interesting filmmakers and learn from them in any way that I can.

I think that's the problem, when you're a young filmmaker and you're starting out, you don't know people, you're easily lead, you don't know the right people to talk to, you really need guides.

I was fortunate to work with some of the talented filmmakers of our industry. In addition, one film leads to another. As a newcomer, I explored those opportunities.

I can't wait for the rest of my career to meet these young writers and filmmakers so that I can produce and push a lot of their stories out there.

When I first started out in the entertainment business, I made a list of people I thought it would be good to meet. Not people who could give me a job or a deal, but people who could shake me up, teach me something, challenge my ideas about myself and the world.

I prefer working behind the camera.

In the world of independent filmmaking, you're never quite sure what's happening when and where.

I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter.

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

'The Replacements' is where I met Jon Favreau, and we just clicked like, you know, like kids at a camp. And he wrote my next movie, which was 'Made.'

All the filmmakers I've worked with have taken my desire to educate myself very seriously.

I don't make my living writing; I make my living as a producer and as a director.

I gave Joss Whedon and Judd Apatow their first writing jobs, as well as many other untried writers who went on to great success.

I'm from the creative side of Hollywood. I'm up for anyone that wants to support my work. If you have eyeballs and give me a budget and are nice to me, I'm in.

I spend a lot of time talking to young and emerging producers on Twitter, feeding back thoughts and encouraging them.

As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.

I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.

I like working with new and young directors.

I would love to just keep working with really great directors who really inspire me.

The first director who ever allowed me to shoot a film for him was a male. He was a gay male. My first feature also came from him. I worked for a lot of dudes at NYU.