The film studios learned to our dismay but to their pleasure that if they spent $200 million making a film they could make half a billion on it. So they were not interested anymore in quality films… They can't afford to be that risky at those prices. Consequently you're getting a lot of remakes, sequels, dopey comedies full of toilet jokes…


BBC radio interview (2011).

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The film studios learned to our dismay but to their pleasure that if they spent $200 million making a film they could make half a billion on it. So...

The film studios learned to our dismay but to their pleasure that if they spent $200 million making a film they could make half a billion on it. So...

The film studios learned to our dismay but to their pleasure that if they spent $200 million making a film they could make half a billion on it. So...

The film studios learned to our dismay but to their pleasure that if they spent $200 million making a film they could make half a billion on it. So...