Dana Brunetti

“If you're clever enough and creative enough to get a good film made, then you should be clever enough and creative enough to find ways to get it out there, one being something like Jameson First Shot.”

“You can learn a lot from somebody's video bio: if you're not going to gel with the actor or a crew.”

“Between Twitter and Facebook, early word of mouth for a film can destroy it immediately or take something you've never heard of and make it a huge hit.”

“You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.”

“When you go in for any life rights, you always ask, 'Who would you have play this person, or who would you have direct?'”

“Binge viewing has been around since DVD box sets.”

“The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.”

“I hardly ever go to the movies.”

“I have learned not to feed the trolls. I just don't respond.”

“The future of the television industry is changing at an unstoppable rate, and it is exciting to share my experience and thoughts on how this will change the value of content in the digital space.”

“If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.”

“Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.”

“You talk about Steve Jobs when he came out with the iPhone, and everyone thought it was amazing: you touch it and move the screen.”

“It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?”

“You want somebody who's capable of being diverse in the characters they play, and you want a big name that's going to bring attention to the filmmakers and to the project.”

“When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.”

“Everybody is always going to have haters. It comes with the job. You have to have a tough skin and not let it affect you.”

“Appointment viewing is dead, and I think it is going away.”

“For any book, it's distilling all of the moments in the book that are either fan favorites or pivotal that you have to have in there, and how you tie that all up into a two hour movie is not the easiest job.”

“I don't know if I'd do well in a structured, corporate environment. I'm very open. I share everything. I don't care. I don't have anything to hide. I'm very transparent that way.”