Movie Quote of the Day – The Player, 1992 (dir. Robert Altman)
June: Tell me about the movies you make.
Griffin Mill: Why?
June: Because I want to know what you do.
Griffin Mill: I listen to stories and decide if they’ll make good movies or not. I get 125 phone calls a day and if I let that slip to 100 I know I’m not doing my job. Everyone who calls, they want to know one thing. They want me to say yes to them and make their movie. If I say yes, they think that come New Year’s it will be just them and Jack Nicholson on the slopes of Aspen. That’s what they think. The problem is I can only say yes, my studio can only say yes 12 times a year. And collectively we hear about 50,000 stories a year. So it’s hard. And I guess sometimes I’m not nice and make enemies. That’s what I was to David. An enemy.
June: Was his story one of the 12?
Griffin Mill: No, it wasn’t.
June: Why?
Griffin Mill: It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully.
June: What elements?
Griffin Mill: Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings.
June: What about reality?
Posted on February 20, 2012, in Movie Quote of the Day and tagged 1992, Greta Scacchi, Michael Tolkin, Robert Altman, The Player, Tim Robbins. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Oh MY. speaks for itself doesn’t it LOL. I watched King Kong last night (oh I fell asleep during the central park scene.) That version speaks to the business side. So – happy endings? or reality. 🙂 Great Post.
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