Christine Vachon Quotes & Sayings

The person smokes pot. Little alcohol, no hard drugs, but more than an occasional toke - although never while working: only at home, before bed. "Are you sure it shows up in your blood?" I asked, innocently. Ha. I'm an authority now. It stays in your bloodstream for six weeks. I called the executive producer, who said: "That can't be what they're testing for. It must be hard drugs." Ironically, though, if you're a cokehead or a heroin addict, relax: Those things go right out of you, a few days and they're gone. And you can also be the biggest alcoholic on the planet, but they won't test for that. — Christine Vachon

I came to New York, and it was a really cool time. People like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee were making their first movies, and they were making movies that were personal narratives. — Christine Vachon

It's humiliating to have to explain your value. — Christine Vachon

I think that when you're doing an under-four-million-dollar movie, you just can't throw money at the problems. — Christine Vachon

I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back. — Christine Vachon

Theatrically seeing a movie with a group of people and having a collective experience has an authenticity that you can't get with your big screen television. — Christine Vachon

My first job, honestly, was as a proofreader. I say that a little disparagingly, but it actually was this sort of incredible thing, where I got this job proofreading for a cable television magazine. — Christine Vachon

There's something in the Zeitgeist now. A lot of [film] scripts I get have these very dark themes, a cornucopia of dysfunction. You know, Jane is a 13-year-old anorexic who lives with her parents and has been raped by her father. And this is a comedy. — Christine Vachon

In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing and honest and accountable. — Christine Vachon

The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities. — Christine Vachon

When a crisis occurs, I feel that one of my greatest responsibilities is to set a tone of calm no matter what the problems. Sometimes I have to fake confidence a lot. I also have to fake calm. — Christine Vachon

There were Hollywood movies and then there were those aggressively anti-narrative films that they showed at the Collective for Living Cinema. — Christine Vachon

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, there's a lot of eye-rolling ... it just breeds inertia. If a director is in control, the crew follow their leader. But the second anyone senses the directors are not sure, people just swoop in. — Christine Vachon

I keep trying to train myself to stop saying 'filmmaker' and start saying 'storyteller.' We're telling stories. — Christine Vachon

Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that director's vision. — Christine Vachon