I'm not a New Yorker. I grew up in Detroit. A lot of people think it's one big city but they're completely different. Mike Binder More Quotes by Mike Binder More Quotes From Mike Binder I date this girl for two years-and then the nagging starts: 'I wanna know your name...' Mike Binder marriagelovefunny If we just keep sleeping together we'll just be one race and it won't be a problem. Mike Binder racetogethersleep Honeymoon: A short period of doting between dating and debting. Mike Binder honeymoondatingperiods I never wanted to do just comedy or just drama; sometimes, going back and forth you can get yourself in trouble which happened to me on other things so you're always trying for a delicate balance - I also think that they compliment each other so well. Mike Binder always-tryingdramathinking Never moon a werewolf. Mike Binder humormoonfunny You can't fake some of this chemistry, even when you get a guy and a girl and they've got to be together. Mike Binder fakeguygirl I don't cry in real life. I'm just pretty light and I don't get too heavy. Mike Binder crylightreal The holidays are a rough time for the homeless, but it's a year-round problem we have to solve. Mike Binder holidayshomelessproblemtime I've done a lot of dramedies in my career. You know, I started as a standup comic, and then the movies that I was doing, like 'Up Side of Anger' were kind of like - they're hard. They're hard to sell; they're hard to get made, you know. Mike Binder moviesknowyouanger Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there's more fat on the bone. There's more character development. There's more stuff to pick from. Mike Binder fatmoviesbettercharacter I just kind of went from being a standup, one-man band, to then kind of breezing back and working with other people. And now I'm just trying to be a legitimate guy who pays the rent, you know. Mike Binder backknowyoupeople I think everything benefits from a little comedy. The worst thing to me is to see a great drama or a great thriller with no laughs. Mike Binder greatthinkmecomedy I am an entrepreneur in the entertainment industry. Somewhere early on when I couldn't get something I wanted through the system, I threw up my hands and tried to figure a way to get it done myself. A lot of it came from my upbringing. My dad was an entrepreneur. Mike Binder i-ammyselfdadhands I never once had a regular paycheck. Not for more than six weeks in a row and for the most part not even that. I still haven't. The notion of some whistling kid with a mail cart coming down the hall and handing me my weekly paycheck is something I've only seen in Matthew Broderick movies. Mike Binder moviesdownneverme Early on, I joined that large group of show business cadets who were 'multi-hyphenates,' 'independents,' 'self produced' or 'alternately financed.' Sometimes, most times, I've had to do it all: raise the money, write the script, produce, direct and act in the film. Mike Binder moneybusinessselfsometimes In another time, another world, each studio made 200 movies a year and had 20 executives. Today, a studio makes less than 20 movies a year and has 500 executives. They own too many parking decks and too many billboard companies. They're awash in overhead, and it's pinning them down, and they know it. Mike Binder downtimetodayworld I have a spot on the horizon that I'm trying to hit: To write and direct adult dramedies. First of all, there's really not a big market for them. Second of all, it's like cracking a diamond. You've got to do it right. Mike Binder likeyouhorizontrying My movies don't make any money, and they don't really light the world on fire. But I'm really lucky because I've gotten them made. Mike Binder moneylightfireworld Nobody loses money on my movies. I make them cheap. Mike Binder cheapnobodymoviesmoney 'Desperate Housewives' - there's no man on the planet that takes that personally, but if it were 'Desperate Househusbands,' they would shut ABC down. Mike Binder planetdownmandesperate
