Rick McCallum
Rick McCallum
Richard "Rick" McCallumis a German-born American film producer. He is mostly known for his work on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as well as the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition and prequel trilogy. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with American producer George Lucas, though he was also a long-time producer for British television playwright Dennis Potter...
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth22 August 1954
fun
We know we want it to be darker, edgier and have fun sense of humor, but it will be more character--based,
funny lines moments people shot stunts
We shot so fast, so relentlessly, that I don't think we had any funny moments where people flubbed lines or stunts went wrong, ... We do 50 (scene) setups a day. That focuses people in a different way.
able producers
You have to be producing to be able to be called a producer.
technology people fruit
There's so many people that are interested in film and especially in terms of the technology side of film, that suddenly the fruits of everybody's labor is really starting to manifest itself all across the planet.
people way stealing
The only way I can stop people from stealing is also not to steal myself, and it's one of the most difficult things.
character movie-love people
Most people who love movies and kind of understand the process realize that if you do a character like Gollum or Jar Jar or any major digital character, that costs twice as much as having Tom Cruise in a movie.
jobs giving trying
I don't have to do emails, I don't have to protect myself about anything, I don't have any chain of command. My job is just to try and give everybody the tools that they need to express themselves.
average eight world
The average film has eight or ten producers on it. That is just in a world that would be unthinkable to me, because to me, to really be a producer of a film, you have to be a line producer.
party film producers
It has absolutely no meaning to me to be an executive producer on a film that I have nothing to do with except come to the wrap party or the premiere on; it's just meaningless.
pride vanity ego
Nobody sets out to make a bad film, but so many of those compromises are made and often they're made because of vanity, pride and ego.
car easy easier
It's easy to be a backseat driver. It's even easier to be a backseat driver when you're not even in the same car.
ideas needs credit
You need somebody to have the idea, you need somebody who can deal with the studio and the normal things, but it's too different of a credit. That credit is usually given to the executive producer. It's not the producer.