“ I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father. ”
When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.
~ Michael Douglas
When I was working on pictures with my father, there were a couple leading ladies to whom I wish I'd expressed how I felt rather than being too cool or too shy.
The studios basically, besides developing some material, their strength is distribution. Distribution in any other business is a cost that you incur. You know, in a trucking business, you eat it. In a film business, distribution is a profit center.
Learning patience was not an easy lesson.
