Drew Goddard Quotes
If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That's probably number one.
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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I love making movies, but a movie becomes your entire life for, like, two to two and a half years. There's no way around it; if you're really going to be serious about a movie, it has to be your life.
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Adam Sandler is a remarkable movie brand.
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I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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One of my main weaknesses is a good movie. I'll just bawl my eyes out.
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Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.
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I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
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If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.
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Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.
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I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.
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Now, I just made an animated movie a few years ago, 'The Tale of Desperaux', and that had twelve hundred shots in it. Twelve hundred CG shots is a pretty big plan.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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I would really like to do a straight action movie that's hardcore - heavy action, like 'The Expendables' or 'Fast Five.'
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Oh I'm a huge comic book movie fan.
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You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.
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When it comes to scary-ass religions, extremist Muslims are like Godzilla and we're like, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
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My biggest problem is overconfidence.
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It's not our disabilities, it's our abilities that count.
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Early on, I had to structure my ideas of success around things like, 'Can I go back and listen to the record months or years after I made it and still get some enjoyment out of it?' Or 'Have I said what I wanted to say on this album? Did it connect with people on a personal level, even if it's a small number of people?'
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If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That's probably number one.
