Peter Bart Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.”

“The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process.”

“The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people.”

“The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector.”

“We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.”

“Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04.”

“Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.”

“Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups.”

“The green-light meeting, when I first started at Paramount, would consist of maybe three or four of us in a room. Perhaps two or three of us would have read the script under discussion.”

“The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie.”