Matthew Jacobs Professions : Film director Born : July 1, 1956 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Matthew Jacobs As a writer, being produced and getting credits is essential: it's like being a horse running a race - and if the movie is a success, then your horse won and people were right to bet on it. From my experience, and a lot of others have done it, it's the best way to start out in the industry and get recognition, which will then get you more work, and later on will allow you to do your own movies. Matthew Jacobs horse race running If you're not filled back up quickly, you might collapse like a birthday balloon". I guess that's why acting is so addictive. For the director, that addiction will come from the love and trust he gets from the "orchestra", him being the conductor. That's why many directors fall in love with their leading lady/man: having someone say "how do you want me to be" is incredible. Matthew Jacobs addiction falling-in-love men It's all about loyalty and collaboration, gathering your gang around you, finding your soulmate in filmmaking because it is a collaborative process. When failure happens, that family you gathered regroups around you and gives you the fresh energy you're lacking. Matthew Jacobs soulmate loyalty giving What's exciting about the Bay Area, is that people are not waiting for permission from the industry to make movies - unlike Los Angeles or New York, where you can get stuck into that desire of raising a big budget, or working with the studios. Matthew Jacobs new-york waiting people I think that is why he was appointed – to see if there were crimes – and I think that is a major inexplicable failure. Matthew Jacobs top-news I think that's a pretty extraordinary finding of historical significance, whether or not there's a crime. Matthew Jacobs politics Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors
