Michael Barker Quotations

I couldn't have asked for a better father. Many, many people in town that I bump into have told me their first job was in the grocery store, starting as teenagers ,and some worked there all their lives.

Oscar nominations are really important for a picture of quality, for a film that is not thought of as mainstream. We try to stay true to who we are, I'd like to think it basically says that slow and steady can win the race -- these Academy Award nominations validate that theory.

For people with mental-health diseases, this film makes them feel positive, hopeful and not alone in the world with this problem.

It's helpful. The stories say it's wrong because it's one of the year's great movies. So the story is not about the arcane rules of the Academy, but about how good a film 'Cache' is. That gains traction with the audience.

In order to combat piracy, the American release date will be a lot closer to the release date in the original territory.

It's very much a family affair; Fernanda introduced me to her son-in-law and daughter,

It's very important for a film like 'Capote.' It gives real posterity to a film. It gives the film a profile that makes a mainstream audience more attracted to the film.

We were struck by how it avoided sentimentality, in the way the great John Huston movies did.

(Toronto) is one of the best places, if not the best place in North America, to launch films. Journalists from all over are there, and it?s the most responsive audience you can wish for. That can be a liability when making an acquisition call but not a liability when you are launching a film and want to show it in the best possible context.

It occurred as a result of stress and terror.