No one really has the power, and everybody's trying to get through the day, and everybody's nervous and desperate.
Barry LevinsonIt's such a funny thing. Hollywood is terrible unless you happen to be a celebrity who's a Republican. So Ronald Reagan can be a Hollywood celebrity, and he's a Republican, and then he can become the president, and that's okay. Fred Thomson, well, that's okay. But the rest we need to demonize. There's no consistency.
Barry LevinsonSome actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.
Barry LevinsonThey're intimidating the networks and levying these fines, so the networks are not sure of what they can or can't do.
Barry LevinsonProducers - we always think, "Well, producers are very powerful," but producers don't really have the power. It's the appearance they might, but they don't. Even the actors don't. Even the studio heads don't, because they're beholden to this corporation and what the corporation wants. So no one really has the power, and everybody's trying to get through the day, and everybody's nervous and desperate.
Barry Levinson