And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether it's history, psychology, economics, or architecture - so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn't going to help you unless you have something to say.
The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.
Movies are an expensive business.
Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money.
Movies are the shadiest business in the world.
If you decide you want to work in the film industry, you just have to bite the bullet and take other jobs until the proper jobs come in.
Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.
The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.
But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.
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