Roger Corman
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman is an American independent film producer, director, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema", and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du cinéma, in 1964 Corman was the youngest filmmaker to have...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 April 1926
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
Charlie Bronson, Peter Fonda -- worked with him a number of times. Sylvester Stallone. Bobby de Niro -- I guess he's put on a number of years, you'd call him Robert de Niro today. More recently, Sandra Bullock: She made 'Fire on the Amazon' with us (1993). She was young and the first actor who was really that good in years. We went right back to hire her again, but she'd already signed with Fox or Warner Bros.
I think The Blair Witch Project is an exceptionally well-conceived and well-made film.
The safest genre is the horror film. But the most unsafe - the most dangerous - is comedy. Because even if your horror film isn't very good, you'll get a few screams and you're okay. With a comedy, if they don't laugh, you're dead.
Somebody said, 'Roger doesn't know how to spend money.' And I thought, 'I don't spend money because I don't have it!' If I had it, I could spend money! That's about the only time I was told that!
As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.
Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.