Quotes by Roger Corman

Roger Corman

As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.

Directors

Littles

Stronger

First, you have to be intelligent. I have never met a successful director who isn’t intelligent. A director who is not intelligent might have one hit picture, but he won’t be able to follow it up. So I look for intelligence.

Intelligent

Successful

I look for the ability to work. Directing is hard work. They don’t teach you that in film school. Critics are not aware of it, but it is hard, physical work.

Film

Hard Work

School

I remember the first film I reviewed for the Daily was a John Ford Western. I think it was My Darling Clementine, but I am not certain. And I was just impressed by, first, the story itself. I didn’t know that much about films. But the acting, the director. And particularly, the cinematography, the black-and-white use of exteriors, I noted particularly.

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Remember

Thinking

I think anybody who’s working in a creative medium is working partially with their conscious mind, partially with their unconscious mind. So, my unconscious mind may be a little more distorted and violent than I am aware of.

Creative

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Thinking

I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew – the writer, the producer, etcetera – and to have that, he needs money.

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Directors

Thinking

I think the art film, or the auteur-driven film – and not only foreign, but domestic films following that path – can get a small share of the box office. And I think that small share may open up a little bit.

Art

Office

Thinking

I was called recently in some article “Hollywood’s Oldest Established Rebel.” So I’m sort of working from the inside now, with still a little bit of a rebellious spirit.

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Rebellious

Spirit

I was young, so I was part of youth culture. The years went by, I became older and no longer part of youth culture, and I became more dependent upon the young people in the office and my own children.

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Office

People

I’m not going to shoot seven days a week. I think it’s counterproductive. I think you’re going to have people stumbling around after a couple of weeks.

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Thinking

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Quotes by Roger Corman

Roger Corman

As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.

First, you have to be intelligent. I have never met a successful director who isn’t intelligent. A director who is not intelligent might have one hit picture, but he won’t be able to follow it up. So I look for intelligence.

I look for the ability to work. Directing is hard work. They don’t teach you that in film school. Critics are not aware of it, but it is hard, physical work.

I think anybody who’s working in a creative medium is working partially with their conscious mind, partially with their unconscious mind. So, my unconscious mind may be a little more distorted and violent than I am aware of.

I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew – the writer, the producer, etcetera – and to have that, he needs money.

I think the art film, or the auteur-driven film – and not only foreign, but domestic films following that path – can get a small share of the box office. And I think that small share may open up a little bit.

I was called recently in some article “Hollywood’s Oldest Established Rebel.” So I’m sort of working from the inside now, with still a little bit of a rebellious spirit.

I was young, so I was part of youth culture. The years went by, I became older and no longer part of youth culture, and I became more dependent upon the young people in the office and my own children.

I’m not going to shoot seven days a week. I think it’s counterproductive. I think you’re going to have people stumbling around after a couple of weeks.

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