Eriq La Salle
Eriq La Salle
Eriq La Salleis an American actor, director, writer and producer known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC drama series ER...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth23 July 1962
CountryUnited States of America
hollywood-films important audience
So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films don't respect their intelligence.
people spirituality film
Maybe It's not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be questioning their own sense of spirituality. If the film resonates, then I have succeeded in what I set out to do.
people needs film
I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.
people half film
Well that's the point: People don't normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating.
few films million money nature offend people
I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.
difference lay underwear work
So It's not like I go from being this disciplined person who has to get up and go to work to now I just lay around all day in my underwear eating Cheerios. I have this structure. I still have to do this and the difference is I'm doing this for me and my company.
believe
It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it.
choice good moving promoting since sitting whether
Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving.
budget days directing extremely nineteen producing
Acting, directing and producing in a film when you have no budget and only nineteen days makes it extremely, extremely difficult.
differences important actors
But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I dont want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So thats a big difference.
art people challenges
Art should offend people because art should challenge people.
psychological thrillers heard
You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.
insomnia white people
The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why we can't we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them?
thinking saws inspired
The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.