The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was really a coup - we got it made because we pitched it to the studio head, Joe Roth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love films that are made with almost no budget.
As producers, we can influence where the budget goes, but only the director really controls what tone, what type of movie you are trying to make.
The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast.
In the course of my movies, the financing and the releasing were always the tough part. Because I loved the creative; I loved the writing. I loved the making of it. Because, I guess, I never had the giant blockbuster, I never got that sort of ease for the next one.
Films were never in my budget. Didn't occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I've had and I'm having as an actor. I didn't expect the rest.
I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film.
To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.
At that point, the movie was called Wild Force. Everything fell apart, eventually - our financing completely fell apart - and we were never able to make that film.
I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.
I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.