Mark Rydell

I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#days #even #grosses #i #known

I don't know a lot of agents like Al Hack. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#al #hack #i #know #like

It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never understood it because the talents are absolutely opposite - polar opposites. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#absolutely #always #amazed #because #i

It perhaps has a chance, a commercial chance, this film. It's funny, it's charming, the idea is original, it's unusual and it makes fun of the movie industry in a way that it needs to be poked fun at. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#charming #commercial #film #fun #funny

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world! ↗

— Mark Rydell

#agent #being #director #interesting #kind

It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#better #directors #enough #films #grosses

No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#comedic #down #everyone #film #genius

Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#clock #competition #desperate #friday #friday night

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#end #films #five #generally #get

There's evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the motion picture industry. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#direct #direct proportion #evidence #industrialization #industry