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Eriq La Salle Quotes

So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films don’t respect their intelligence Picture Quote #1

But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I’ve followed or not followed, It’s landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain’t that far off Picture Quote #1

Maybe It’s not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be questioning their own sense of spirituality. If the film resonates, then I have succeeded in what I set out to do Picture Quote #1

Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you have a God complex, well this person has a Satan complex. And the doctor chooses to treat him scientifically Picture Quote #1

So It’s not like I go from being this disciplined person who has to get up and go to work to now I just lay around all day in my underwear eating Cheerios. I have this structure. I still have to do this and the difference is I’m doing this for me and my company Picture Quote #1

The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They’re just good films. So why we can’t we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them? Picture Quote #1

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Art should offend people because art should challenge people Picture Quote #1

I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time Picture Quote #1

The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them Picture Quote #1

Well that’s the point: People don’t normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating Picture Quote #1

You can’t do psychological thrillers. There’s no audience. I’ve heard this. I’ve heard this from studios Picture Quote #1

Ever since I’ve left, I’ve been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I’m not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I’m moving and grooving Picture Quote #1

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I don’t see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back Picture Quote #1

It’s my company and I believe in the company that’s why I started it Picture Quote #1

Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult Picture Quote #1

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So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films don’t respect their intelligence (Eriq La Salle Quotes) But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I’ve followed or not followed, It’s landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain’t that far off (Eriq La Salle Quotes) Maybe It’s not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be questioning their own sense of spirituality. If the film resonates, then I have succeeded in what I set out to do (Eriq La Salle Quotes) Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you have a God complex, well this person has a Satan complex. And the doctor chooses to treat him scientifically (Eriq La Salle Quotes) So It’s not like I go from being this disciplined person who has to get up and go to work to now I just lay around all day in my underwear eating Cheerios. I have this structure. I still have to do this and the difference is I’m doing this for me and my company (Eriq La Salle Quotes) The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They’re just good films. So why we can’t we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them? (Eriq La Salle Quotes) Art should offend people because art should challenge people (Eriq La Salle Quotes) I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time (Eriq La Salle Quotes) The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them (Eriq La Salle Quotes) Well that’s the point: People don’t normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating (Eriq La Salle Quotes) You can’t do psychological thrillers. There’s no audience. I’ve heard this. I’ve heard this from studios (Eriq La Salle Quotes) Ever since I’ve left, I’ve been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I’m not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I’m moving and grooving (Eriq La Salle Quotes) I don’t see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back (Eriq La Salle Quotes) It’s my company and I believe in the company that’s why I started it (Eriq La Salle Quotes) Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult (Eriq La Salle Quotes)