The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector.

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.

Do your homework and stand your ground.

Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it serious economic implications.

The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process.

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.

While we tediously check our weaponry before entering into battle, do we check our hearts? For without exception, that is the greatest weapon of all.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.

You cannot perceive what you are not in the vibration of.

I'm scared, okay? I'm really scared all the time.

I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.

Beauty is a social necessity.

The anti-elitist values in America, I think, are very destructive to education.

When I saw the others like Michael, Ross Brawn and Todt renewing their contracts, I always said that I was happy to do so.

The best advice I've ever got is to be yourself. Stay true to who you are and what you stand for and you'll go far in life.