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An interesting insight into the ruthlessness of studio executives: I was having a conversation with Alex Gansa, a creator of 'Homeland,' and I said, 'So you guys must have seen 'Life' and liked me in it, right? That's the most recent thing I've done over here.' And he went, 'No, Damian. You actually nearly didn't get the job because of 'Life.'

— Damian Lewis

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I started 'Hudson Hawk,' I realized I was dealing with a strong-willed producer, a strong-willed actor, and, at times, a strong-willed studio, and I was the junior partner in all of this - the guy who hadn't proven anything in terms of box-office success.

— Michael Lehmann

Don't forget, I've been fired by studios; I'm not the studio's guy. I'm a guy who can work with studios, but if you ask any studio, I stand up to these people.

— Glen Mazzara

I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.

— Baz Luhrmann

I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit.

— Andy Lau

One of the funny things of being a producer, you have these fleeting, intense relationships with people, and they go off to global megastardom, and you don't see them.

— Paul Epworth

Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.'

— Drew Barrymore

We've been working with the very best in the business. The studio really just let us alone to make the films.

— David Heyman

Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?

— Morgan Freeman

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's great to work with people who are jobbing actors at different stages of their career, and learning from them, and getting over being star-struck by somebody like Ian McKellen because he has such a long prestigious history in the business, but then seeing how he works on the camera; you never stop learning.

— William Kircher

Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors.

— Diego Klattenhoff