"I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film."

Money, Film, Needs

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"I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film."

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"Egoism and Money [Goddess of wealth; Lakshmi] are very much at odds [have great enmity]. There should be just enough egoism to accomplish one's work. Beyond that, any expanded egoism and money have great enmity. Money (Lakshmi) stays away from it."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Money, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"There's a correlation between the number of digits on a man's bank balance, and, the number of things that his woman is willing to forgive him for."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Money, Relationship, Forgiveness, Wealth

"The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil; it says the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. A poor man who, in his heart, worships the idea of being rich is more vulnerable to its evils than a rich man who has a heart to use it all for the Lord."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Money, Draft

"Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Money, Politics

"You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Money, Giving, Luxury, Poor

"Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!"

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Money, People, Thoughts, Cards

"To be clever enough to get all that money one must be stupid enough to want it."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Money, Life, Truth, Irony

"If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Money, Advertising

"Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum."

Mind, Writing

"These are very subtle things, of course, and I don't expect everyone to pick them up consciously, but I think that there is something there that you must be able to feel, there is an energy at work that I must trust my audience will be able to pick up at some level."

Trust, Work, Energy, Will

"I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project."

Work, Actors, Confidence, May

"That's a very odd notion because it involves seeing money up there on the screen - if something cost $5 million to make, they want to see that $5 million up there."

Money, Want

"Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences - and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn't connect and, since the film is very personal, obviously I am made to feel very vulnerable by that."

Time, Audiences, Energy, Film

"I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied."

History,

"There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image."

Home, Son, Film, Television

"When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence."

Family, Development, Existence, Film

"I wanted to make sure that the environment of the shooting itself was not that controlled, and the way to go about that course was to work with as small a crew as possible."

Work, Environment

"As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors."

Decision-Making, Decisions, Production, Project