Industry Risk Quotes

No one in Hollywood really knows what a good idea is before a movie hits the screens. We only know if it's a good idea after it's done.

I've been with that project [ Sausage Party] since its inception, since they wrote the script. It took them four years to get anyone to make the movie, because it was so filthy and there was this firm belief that there wouldn't be a market for an adult animated film, even though 10 or 15 years prior, South Park [Bigger, Longer, And Uncut] did really well.

As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent.

I felt terrified as the chief regulator that I would start a run on my own industry

We cannot, of course, eliminate all accidents - no industry can do that.

You can't base an industry solely on one person. That's a very vulnerable business strategy.

I've shot a lot of pilots that have never seen the light of day, jobs that have fallen apart or gotten canceled, so I'm really weary about what contracts I sign and where I swear my loyalty to.

Different industries have different risks and growth rates and volatility.

Competition in the American tech sector is being gobbled up by the largest players, and it's threatening our entire industry.

I'm seen as a little risky to the industry, I think. All my favorite directors are.

When Savage died, that was hard on me. I didn't even hardly know Randy, but I just turned 51 this past December, and he was 58 when he died. I'm like, 'Hey man, just because I'm in that line of work, do I have an expiration date? Am I supposed to go?' I always wonder, but I don't harbor it.

Don't make your living with cinema because Hollywood will take you, will eat you, will destroy you. This is the reality. You have a good picture, have success, you take the person and they destroy you.

Film is much more of a brand business, whereas on Broadway, you can do complete unknowns and have hits.

The insurance companies aren't covering that. Should Monsanto be liable for these losses? Should the state government? Who's going to cover the losses? The fact is, here's an industry with no long-term liability in place.

Because of the nature of this industry, it's a bit dangerous to think far ahead.

Failure worries me; nobody wants to fail. There is a fear that one day, films will not come my way, or if someone doesn't watch your film, that is a worrying point. It is unpredictable in the industry.

Unfortunately, the business is such that, as far as studios are concerned, they judge one quote-unquote black movie on how other ‘black’ movies have done, even if they have nothing to do with each other It’s too bad we can’t do well on our own merit when it comes to the studios. They don’t like to take risks and, unfortunately, we’re still considered a huge risk, even though I don’t think we are.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.