36 Quotes by Mike Binder

You can’t fake some of this chemistry, even when you get a guy and a girl and they’ve got to be together.

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.

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.

I don’t cry in real life. I’m just pretty light and I don’t get too heavy.

Nobody loses money on my movies. I make them cheap.

I enjoy being an actor in my own movies.

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.

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.

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.