Grea Quotes

I`ve always had deep faith that there is a Supreme Being, there has to be. To me that`s just a normal thing to have that kind of faith. The fact that He`s let me stick me around a little longer, or She`s let me stick around a little longer, certainly goes great with me -- and I want to hang around as long as I`m healthy and not in anybody`s way.

Videos might have a limited audience in one sense. But on the other hand you could be reaching a lot of people that would never be able to come see you live. So I think they`re definitely an advantage. Kids today worship the television, so I think it`s a great way to reach them. When you perform on stage you`re acting. That`s a performance. If someone sticks a camera on you what`s the difference? (August 1984)

Maybe the next question you ought to ask is: `Under these circumstances: why do I go on making films?` Well, I still would like you to feel the enthusiasm that all those people felt in the twenties and thirties, that indeed we had discovered, with cinema, the great 20th-century, all-embracing medium. There were extraordinary apologists for what it could become, but I feel it hasn`t become that. Cinema has been dragged down by mimetic association with all the other art forms, predominantly with the 19th century novel, and because of its distribution situation and its apparent desire to appeal to the lowest common denominator, it has gone in directions which have not fulfilled those extraordinary promises, in general terms. But I still have this sneaking, hopeful suspicion that we can return to those optimistic, ambitious days and make something of what could be a most extraordinary medium.

Hype can be the best thing in the world, but too much of it can kill you. There`s this weird balance between getting people excited to see the film, and not wanting to over-hype it to the point where they can`t enjoy it because they`ve been told it`s so great. Cabin Fever" was definitely a victim of that, and people got really angry if it didn`t live up to their expectations that they read on the Internet. The truth is, with movies like "Hostel" and "Cabin Fever," the Internet`s our only shot. They don`t have the big stars like "War of the Worlds," and they don`t have the advertising dollars that these films do. Studios can spend $30-$40 million marketing a movie. How do you compete with that? You have to find a way to get fans to support your movie, and the Internet`s the only way to reach them directly without a huge budget. However, the danger is that if you catch that hype wave and people are excited, you have crazy expectations to live up to. People`s enjoyment of a movie is directly related to what their expectations of that movie are. If they heard "Cabin Fever" was some weirdo low budget scary/funny indie movie that got a distribution deal at a festival, they tended to like it much more than people who heard it was the second coming. The other danger is that people get sick of you - fast, and I know people out there are tired of reading about me."

The only person I told was (director) Gary Griffin. She took her jet in, we hid in the next room. And I came in and asked the cast to get on the stage and said `Someone called me out of the blue about a week ago and said they really love the show and heard great things about it from friends and she wants to get involved and I want you to meet your newest producer.` That door opened, Oprah Winfrey walked in and the cast went insane.

I`ve worked with students before who went off island for college and only were able to take it for a semester or so because they were in a culture shock. Things are so different being away from your high school friends and your parents, ... The shock is so great ... they come back home.