Dean Devlin Quotes
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Had the car companies continued to do generation two, generation three, generation four of the EV-1, we'd be looking at a spectacular car today.
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In the '80s, all the movies became predictable.
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Usually when you're doing a season one, you're trying to find the show.
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'The Book of Love' is the kind of James L. Brooks mainstream movie that the majors are ignoring.
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I can tell you as a fact that if you'd asked anyone in Hollywood one year before 'Pirates of the Caribbean' had come out, they'd have told you the pirate movie was a dead genre. And it's not that it's a dead genre. If you make a bad pirate movie, no one will want to see it. If you make a good one, everyone will want to see it.
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Following a pre-cellphone world of children on an adventure is incredibly appealing for me. These are the kinds of movies I fell in love with and made me want to be a filmmaker in the first place.
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It's always hard to watch something you create be put in somebody else's hands.
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The budget on cable television is dramatically less than network television.
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That transcends everything - skipping the transfer of dailies is a game-changer.
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Portland is a two-hour flight from L.A. It has wonderful talent, and it hasn't been shot to death. I'm all in favor of it becoming a serious player in the industry.
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We all want our children to be terrific, but you can't force a child into being what you want it to be.
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Portland has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a small town, so that creates an intimacy in a large environment.
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Most young American actors feel like teenagers.
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We're making high-budget movies with a low-budget attitude.
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We did the original 'Stargate' as an independent movie. It was a surprise success. Shortly before the movie came out, the financiers who were frightened the movie might not do well sold the film to MGM. When the film came out, it was a hit and spawned TV shows.
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We make movies that crack us up and hope that they crack up other people, too.
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There are amazing behind-the-scenes technicians in Portland who didn't want to raise their families in L.A.
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We are cannibalizing our audience by only giving them regurgitated material. Every movie is either a remake, a sequel, based on something else. Based on a former television series. Based on a successful videogame.
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I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking.
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Just to be back in the world of 'The Librarian' again was such a joy.
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As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.
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I would love it if the whole 'Godzilla' franchise was revitalized for a new generation.
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That's one of the best things about the RED ONE - I can use all the best lenses that have been used in film forever.
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I don't think these weather conditions are going to get better on their own.