Jessica Mae Stover Quotes

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And if it's something as sacred and important to us as that, then why is it OK to watch ten commercials before a movie despite that you've paid for your ticket?

Jessica Mae Stover
Hollywood doesn't make movies anymore, they make licensing platforms.

Jessica Mae Stover
I wanted to create a business model and a case study that not only would yield an awesome movie that people would love, and something high-minded, but that would also confront things like media consolidation, [i.e.] when you have six companies controlling everything you're seeing. To the artist, what's important is they do not get tied up in the system. There needs to be an opportunity to not do that. To comment in a way that doesn't feed that beast. Let's get organized and create that opportunity.

Jessica Mae Stover
Once I found out how that system works, the studio system, I was like,'"OK, do I want to work like that or no?—NO. OK, what do I do now?'

Jessica Mae Stover
The Internet as a great leveler is a myth. There is so much noise, it actually costs more to cut through the muddy waters and get your message out there.

Jessica Mae Stover
When you're an artist, you don't want to deal with business. The business nuances are incredibly difficult. But you need to understand a defunct system in order to make it work or change it, and that took me a lot of research. If you're not willing to do that, I say you're not ready.

Jessica Mae Stover
You can make the most brilliant thing in the world, and that 'if you build it, they will come' thing isn't true. That's because you need a marketing budget. Everything is propaganda..

Jessica Mae Stover