As Well As…
Thoughts, comments, advice and hard details on "The Business" of entertainment.
We’ll cover all areas of “the business”, including pitching, development, getting your project greenlit and made, and how to get in and make it in this business. We’ll bring you tips and advice from professional producers, directors, writers and other top pros throughout the industry.
And finally, TG’s tweets are posted here as well.
Quotes
“The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs... There's also a negative side.”
Chili
I’m going into the movie business.
I’m thinking about producing.
Tommy
What the fuck do you know about making movies?
Chili
Well, I don’t think the producer has to know much.
“The only people who haven't sold out are those who haven't been asked.”
“There is such a fine line between stupid and clever.”
“Television is democracy at its ugliest.”
“The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle: they're on TV!”
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.”
“It's not whether the glass is half-empty or half-full. It's the wrong size glass.”
“I needed a drink. I needed a lot of life insurance. I needed a vacation. I needed a home in the country. What I had was a hat, a coat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
Hunter S. Thompson
From the “Get Shorty” screenplay
“The only people who haven't sold out are those who haven't been asked.”
Norman Mailer
“There is such a fine line between stupid and clever.”
David St. Hubbins,
“This Is Spinal Tap”
“Television is democracy at its ugliest.”
Paddy Chayefsky
“The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle: they're on TV!”
Homer Simpson
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.”
Raymond Chandler,
From “Red Wind” (1938 short story), published in “Trouble Is My Business” (1939)
“It's not whether the glass is half-empty or half-full. It's the wrong size glass.”
Tim Gibbons
“I needed a drink. I needed a lot of life insurance. I needed a vacation. I needed a home in the country. What I had was a hat, a coat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
Raymond Chandler