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There is a certain amount of commerce in the film industry in as much as you have value, and for a moment, your value goes up, then it all disappears again.

The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film.

I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.

Movies are an expensive business.

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

The success of the film should depend on its budget.

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going to be an element in filmmaking.

So much of selling a film in the industry is about creating a fulcrum where all the pressure comes to bear, and something seems suddenly valuable and approved by an audience. It's amazing how people could pick up tons of films on the cheap, but they don't because they wait until everything is laid out for them.

Ironically, it's easier to raise the money to make the film than it is to have the film find wide distribution.

Every film is hard to fund.