There were not fifteen people in the story department and twenty-five producers and stuff. And Roger had produced 1,000 movies and directed a couple of hundred, and their comments were always very, very specific.
John SaylesI've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.
John SaylesWell, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old.
John SaylesIf you write a movie for Roger Corman, it's going to get made. You saw it almost the next day.
John Sayles