I find writing really difficult – definitely the most difficult of all the things I do. Grant Heslov Read Quote
A film like ‘Good Night And Good Luck,’ you make that for $7 million because you know it’s a black-and-white film, and it’s not an easy sell. If you make it for $7 million, then everybody can have a chance to make a little bit of money, and you get to make the film you want to make. Grant Heslov Read Quote
Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don’t. Grant Heslov Read Quote
You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience. Grant Heslov Read Quote
There are films that cost a lot of money that might be decent films. But if they don’t perform in that first weekend or two, they’re gone. Grant Heslov Read Quote
There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors. Grant Heslov Read Quote
What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it’s a marriage. It’s like a relationship with that film so you’ve got to make sure that it’s really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven’t found the right thing to marry yet. Grant Heslov Read Quote