Harvey is the reason Miramax is what it is. It's very difficult for everyone else to take credit.
Miramax wanted the buzz to spread, but slowly, so people would be clamoring for it, ... Chicago.
Miramax under them had basically become a major studio. We're still in the Miramax business, but it will be reconstructed to look more like what they started.
Miramax started out as a film distributor and they were really smart in their acquisitions in the early years. I would hope that's what they're comparing us to.
Miramax and Disney were collaborators, and then during the film's release, they jumped out of bed and it got caught up in a political holding pattern.
He admitted Miramax wouldn't make the film with Johnny and that I was their choice. They thought Johnny was too weird and didn't have any box-office clout.
I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a role for me because we wanted the chance to work together.
Once Miramax gets involved, if they like your movie, there's a big machine that gets involved.
I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening, I mean, Miramax was doing it, and it had a kind of legitimacy to it. And once I read the script, I was there.
What I learned at Miramax is that if you see where extraordinary creative talent can be brought into the family, move quickly, because if you don't, someone else will.