Project Challenges Quotes

In any given project, there are a few moments where there is the usual disappointment, as it were, when you look in the mirror, and you realize you're not 23 and looking like Brad Pitt.

'Catch-22' was a nightmare to make, and everybody was unhappy except me.

I got a lot of flak for having Kirk as the lead because they all claimed it was a much harder sell, but no one else could have done that part for many reasons.

It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously.

Well, you know, going into any project, especially with a fan base as vocal and passionate as something as "Star Wars," you will have groups of people who will find issues with whatever it is you're doing. But our job was to tell the best story we could about characters that we loved, and we knew that we needed to go backwards to go forwards, and we needed to go back to a feeling and a place and a time.

Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent.

In my experience, each project is what it is, and nothing is necessarily a turning point.

One of the downsides of money is if there's no money, there are very few real jerks who are attached to your project. And if there is money, you do attract some very difficult, unhelpful people.

Making a movie is like a stagecoach ride through the Old West: at first you wish for a pleasant trip, and after a while you just hope you reach your destination.

A lot of times passion projects or films are difficult to make because they don't have proven directors attached to them.

Every project has challenges, and every project has its rewards.

When you're a producer or director, there's so much sweat that goes into any given project.

A challenge always is good. Normal design does not come under the constraints of a small budget and time frame. But it has helped me to make quick and knowledgeable decisions.

As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one.

The only problem we've had is the amount of time it's taking people to develop titles.

One thing I've found in any project is almost universally about three quarters of the way through - or maybe a little father, maybe seventh eighths on the way through - any project will explode.

I don't even have a management team. I have people managing my work but there are limitations when it comes to projects.

When a new project comes along, I want to know that the experience is going to be challenging and exciting. Part of me is going to be drawn to doing something new and also the satisfaction of intellectual curiosity.

I've seen animation features just languish until the right combination of things come along to keep it alive.