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I discovered early in my movie work that a movies never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. there are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. most often it belongs to the producer.

-Ben Hecht

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I Discovered Early In My Movie Work

Ben Hecht

I discovered early in my movie work that a movies never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. there are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. most often it belongs to the producer.

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The producer can put something together, package it, oversee it, give input. i'm the kind of producer that likes to take a back seat and let the director run with it. if he needs me, i'm there for him. as a director, i like to have the producer there with me. as a producer, i don't want to be there because i happen to be a director first and foremost, i don't want to "that guy."

With a director it's all about the work; i'd work with a great director over - you know, i'm not the kind of actor who that doesn't go, 'i want to play this role.' it's more like, 'i want to work with this director,' regardless of what the role is because if it's a good director, you'll probably find a good role because it's a decent film. but a mediocre director will always make a mediocre movie.

I think a lot of people who watch tv don't realize when they're watch tv shows and it says 'produced by' and producer, producer... there are all these producers. what the hell does a producer do? it's funny how much you have to worry about as a producer.

Independent means one thing to me: it means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. it's such a pretentious term, but it's auteurist cinema. director-driven, personal, auteurist... whatever word you want. it's where you feel the director, not a machine, at work. it doesn't matter where the money comes from. it matters how much freedom the director has to work with his or her team. that's how i personally define independent movies.

A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.

The way i pick movies is, first, if the script is any good. then, if the script is good, who else is in it, the director, the producer, all that. if you have all that, there's a chance the movie will be great. if the script isn't right, or the director or cast isn't right, you've got no shot in hell.

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