Reed Morano Quotes

I never choose a genre over quality. I never think, 'I want to do that,' and sacrifice the fact it might not be very good.

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.

My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself.

Everyone has different goals. For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me, and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

I'd rather not make films than make bad ones.

But i think it would drive me more crazy to just go do a movie that I didn't believe in, you know?

There are values on Broadway that are dangerous: it's got to be Best Musical, it's got to make money, it's got to run a certain amount of time. Nowhere in this, of course, is there any mention of quality.

To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.

I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way.

I did a terrible television pilot that was so badly written and dumb that it became a turning point for me and I decided that I would never accept a job just because I needed the money.

I just don't want to do films for the sake of it.

I can't do a film just for the sake of it.

Whether it's a huge hit or sold five copies, as long artistically and creatively I can stand by what I did, then I'll feel successful.

It doesn't matter even if I am slow or fast as long as my films are honest and carries my integrity.

I do care about success and all of those things. But I don't care enough to do movies just for that reason.

I get very picky. There's sort of a line you have to walk between working and doing something you actually want to be a part of, as opposed to just working for the work. That often puts you in a place where you have to choose whether or not you want to wait for good material to come along.

It's always been important to me to do work that I'm proud of and be part of stories that I'm proud of, so being on a popular show was never really the goal.

There's this concept in urban music and lifestyle that money is everything, and I'm just not with it. If it makes money, it doesn't make it good. If it's good, it's good.

I don't want to put out something I'm not psyched on just because I finished it. That's the stupidest reason to do something, really. I want it to be up to my standards. I don't want to put out something I wouldn't listen to.

The writer concerned more with technique than truth becomes a technician, not an artist.

I don't like to shoot too many movies since I like to do them well.

I'd rather make a show 100 people need to see, than a show that 1000 people want to see.

You have to make something good. Just because all the hot actors show up and the money is there and the explosives are ready, it doesn't matter.

I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.