Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Gene Williams of CINE Sponsor The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (official title: Vice President, Chubb & Son and Worldwide Entertainment Manager for Chubb Commercial Insurance. Whew!)

Boss Spearman: “Sounds like you got it all worked out.”
Charley Waite: “Yeah, except the part where we don’t get killed.”
- Open Range

Life, like business, is often risky. If we are going to accomplish something worthwhile, there is usually a chance that something might go terribly wrong. Thankfully, the downside rarely includes death, but this quote makes the point – very humorously, I think – that sometimes, we just can’t figure out how to make sure we don’t fail. Then we have to just decide to either back out or move forward.

Did you know that film producers who have submitted a production to a CINE competition in the past 24 months are now eligible for enhanced insurance offerings from Chubb on film package and film producer E&O coverages? Or that Chubb sponsors a scholarship and rights clearance grant to the recipient of the Award of Excellence, given yearly to CINE’s top student film? Visit www.chubb.com/cine for details. Click here for articles from Chubb on fair use, the public domain, film package insurance and more.

Do you have a favorite quote? Email it to info@cine.org with the subject “Friday Film Quote” and we’ll see you back here next Friday.

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Previous “Friday Film Quotes”
February 19, 2010
February 12, 2010
February 5, 2010