I’m in a constant conflict about having to make a movie for the big and the small screen at the same time, stylistically. So I just basically make it for the large screen. Robert Zemeckis Read Quote
I think that technological tools that filmmakers use to tell stories, in a perfect world, need to become invisible. When it’s brand new and it’s never been seen before and you’re birthing this stuff, it’s very much on people’s minds. Robert Zemeckis Read Quote
When they invented the Steadicam, every movie had to have a fight in a stairwell. Whenever there’s a new thing, it’s abused until artists realize what a Steadicam as a tool can be. And now I defy people to be able to see Steadicam shots, because we know how to do them and make them invisible. Robert Zemeckis Read Quote
Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works. Robert Zemeckis Read Quote
I have no complaints about ‘The Walk.’ I made it, and I’m very happy with what happens. Robert Zemeckis Read Quote
We have this sort of tacit censorship, which is the ratings system, and it’s directly tied to box office, so it is censorship. Like, if you make an R-rated movie, you know that only a certain amount of people are going to go see it under any circumstance. Robert Zemeckis Read Quote
Because movies have gotten so expensive, and they’re so expensive to market, that means that for a movie to break even or to make its money back, everybody has to go see the movie, and if everybody has to go see the movie, then it can’t be about anything. Robert Zemeckis Read Quote
I Wanna Hold Your Hand’ and ‘Used Cars’ were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it’s not an automatic thing that, if you make a good movie, everyone wants to see it. Robert Zemeckis Read Quote
