I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's expected, and sometimes you go against type because you think that'll really bring something different to the movie. Renny Harlin More Quotes by Renny Harlin More Quotes From Renny Harlin It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s. Renny Harlin finland film impossible Just live in the moment and not be afraid to try things out and make mistakes. Renny Harlin mistake live-in-the-moment trying When I follow my heart, usually the results are good. Renny Harlin results my-heart heart When I make decisions based on other circumstances, things don't necessarily go so well. So sometimes, even if something seems commercially tempting, I've learned that if it's not what's in your heart, it's probably not what you should do. Renny Harlin decision heart sometimes Fred was a sweet, funny and fiercely intelligent guy with a gentle heart -- a bear of a man who was warm and considerate towards all those around him. Renny Harlin top-news I¹m lucky to have known him. Renny Harlin top-news What I learned most was how to tell a story in 15 seconds or 30 seconds or 60 seconds - to have some kind of goal of what to try to do and make it happen in that time. Renny Harlin story try make-it-happen time My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial film on Shell Motor Oil's oil products. I really put my heart into it - I wrote a script for it, I did a lot of research. Renny Harlin professional job research heart I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we had no experience at all here. We didn't even know that you were supposed to have an agent. We didn't even have a lawyer. We didn't know one soul. Renny Harlin you lawyer experience soul I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences. Renny Harlin shoot about how together I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the system and obviously have to follow the way the system works - you still have to have that crazy determination. Renny Harlin i-am you crazy mind Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was living with no money at all - no home, no car, no nothing. I was living in somebody's garage in Los Angeles at that point - for a year. Renny Harlin nothing car money home At that point, the movie was called Wild Force. Everything fell apart, eventually - our financing completely fell apart - and we were never able to make that film. Renny Harlin wild everything never force Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together, and then the same deal was replaced with Cliffhanger. Renny Harlin first never force together
