Mark Rydell Inspirational Quotes (7)

Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful.

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors.

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.

The picture is not a documentary, ... It's a drama that has to be crafted. Reality is not art. You have to make choices when you're trying to make something work. And the choices we make I think are accurate. There aren't any lies in it. There are assumpt

I don't know a lot of agents like Al Hack.

I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.