Wes Anderson Quotes

I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about movies for an hour?'

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

What I learned from my go-round with 'In the Heights' is that it's tough to make a movie. In Hollywood, even the people in charge have people in charge.

I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it.

Movies are the shadiest business in the world.

It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business.

I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

Movies are an expensive business.

I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

Real movie producers aren't this nice.

Big feature films are another world.

I didn't know anything about movies or movie stars or the Academy or anything. I was just a blank sheet of paper. I was totally ignorant of all that stuff. I never went to the movies, didn't know anything about the movies.

The movie industry used to be completely accessible. We all knew people in it, and nobody made a big fuss.

In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema.

The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.

The reality is that every movie is a new business. Nobody says, 'Hey, let's go down to the Pantages Theater, I hear a Warner Brothers picture is playing there.' Or, 'Let's go to this theater, I hear the film came in on budget.' It'd be ridiculous.

We live in the moment now where this whole movie business is crazy.

I don't know if there aren't any films like 'E.T.' anymore. I just feel that the industry has changed so much. There are so many outlets now.

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.

Somebody has to invest in creating the movies of the future.

The movie business is a big gamble.

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

I've been in this business 31 years. I've never had a movie deal.