He’s very alive in a scene. He’s a very good actor to act with. Even though through most of the picture he’s blind, there are many places early in the picture I got to be with him before he was blind. Like convincing him in the office to do the picture. Mark Rydell Read Quote
No one turns down a film with Woody; it’s something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He’s such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled. Mark Rydell Read Quote
Well you know, Woody doesn’t rehearse, as opposed to my own method of directing where I really work with actors around a round table for weeks, examining the values of the material, so his technique is very different. Mark Rydell Read Quote
I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition. Mark Rydell Read Quote
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. Mark Rydell Read Quote
It’s sad – it’s sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it’s hard to argue with those kinds of grosses. Mark Rydell Read Quote
Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors. Mark Rydell Read Quote
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. Mark Rydell Read Quote
It perhaps has a chance, a commercial chance, this film. It’s funny, it’s charming, the idea is original, it’s unusual and it makes fun of the movie industry in a way that it needs to be poked fun at. Mark Rydell Read Quote
