Daily Inspiration Quote by Walter Hill

A blunt little line like this is Hollywood power rendered as casual logistics. Walter Hill isn’t waxing poetic; he’s issuing a preference that doubles as a test of gravity: will the studio move to accommodate him? “Get Miramax” frames the company as an instrument, not a partner. The verb choice matters. It’s not “ask” or “see if they can.” It’s “get,” as if access to a continent is a production detail, like renting a crane.

The subtext is industry psychology. A director’s authority often lives in the space between what’s explicitly demanded and what’s implicitly understood. Hill’s phrasing performs seniority: he doesn’t need to justify why Australia, why now, or why it matters to the project. The unspoken argument is that seeing a location is synonymous with taking the work seriously, and taking the work seriously is synonymous with being indulged.

“Miramax” pins the moment historically, too. At its peak, the company embodied a particular kind of ’90s-to-early-2000s swagger: prestige marketing, aggressive dealmaking, the aura of “independent” money behaving like a mini-major. In that ecosystem, travel becomes a perk masquerading as necessity, and necessity becomes a way to launder desire. “I’d like to see it” is almost comically modest - a soft landing after the hard command - but that modesty is strategic. It reads reasonable while still expecting the private jet outcome.

Hill’s dryness is the tell: a pro who knows the system well enough to barely raise his voice while it bends.