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The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#documentary #doing #drama #existing #impossible

The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#commercial #commercial work #drama #greater #happen

The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#always #art #art form #base #based

The worst thing that you can do in terms of bringing a product up to the market is to be two days after someone else has brought a similar product to the international market-It's dead. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#bringing #brought #days #dead #else

They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#air time #call #corporate #here #i

I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing. ↗

— William H. Macy

#emmy #i #i think #meant #most

We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#america #australian #britain #could #deal

We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much of the industry is based on full-time jobs here, institutionalised jobs. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#enough #filmmaker #full-time #here #independent

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#daunting #films #going #how #i

You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#always #begin #commercial #commercial world #directors