I love it when I see somebody else make a great film. I think there is a great supportive film community, even though the awards seem to do something weird to that. Valerie Faris Read Quote
We had a couple of films that, in the course of working on them, the budget shrank to the point where we couldn’t make it. They literally ran the numbers: They took our numbers and the stars’ numbers, and when they calculated whether we could make our money back or not, it said no. Valerie Faris Read Quote
If we don’t have the actors, or you get the sense that some of the other people involved in making the movie don’t necessarily see the movie the way you see it – all those elements, for us, we like having those things feel like they’re moving in the same direction. Valerie Faris Read Quote
I love small films, and I love films being seen in a theater. I love film, and unfortunately, that’s being phased out. Valerie Faris Read Quote
I like being able to talk about work while we’re making dinner. I’d rather discuss it at that moment while it’s fresh. Valerie Faris Read Quote
Ruby Sparks’ has been sold like a romcom in the States. But we never saw it like that. Valerie Faris Read Quote
We were alive during the ‘Battle of the Sexes’, but that story hadn’t really been told. Valerie Faris Read Quote
When you study a character, when you’re making a film, you want to understand the character: like, what makes them tick? Valerie Faris Read Quote
