Film school didn’t prepare me for the fact that you have to manage so many different personalities at every stage, and I learned nothing about what to do when a movie was finished. Greg Mottola Read Quote
The crazy thing about independent filmmaking is that you’re so judged on your first film. It almost needs to be one of those groundbreaking ‘I’ve-never-seen-that-before’-type movies. Greg Mottola Read Quote
I don’t like high concept movies very much, and the kind of scripts that I would occasionally get offered tended to be really high concept comedies or romantic comedies. I just don’t like it. I like much more realistic movies with actual psychology and behavior in them. Greg Mottola Read Quote
When I first saw ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High,’ I thought: That’s what my life is like. That’s my day-to-day. Greg Mottola Read Quote
My first-ever job in the movie business, I was an art student at Carnegie Mellon, and they were shooting the movie ‘Gung Ho’ in Pittsburgh, and I worked as an extra for a few days. Michael Keaton bumped into me in one scene, and it’s in the movie. And I worshipped him. Greg Mottola Read Quote
To me, it’s important to try and make an emotional connection with the audience. Greg Mottola Read Quote
