Dan Scanlon Quotes
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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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When people say hello to me, I feel like maybe I know them from somewhere, because they say, like, 'Hi! How are you?' And I'm like, 'Oh, hi!' And then I realize, 'Oh, no, they just think they know me because they watched me in a movie.' Which is cool, but definitely not a normal thing.
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I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.
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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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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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I think movie and television companies are in the business of making money, and if you have a franchise, eventually you'll want to exploit that franchise and revisit it. So I assume at some point someone will do another story in the 'Lost' world.
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I really loved 'Witches of Eastwick', the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.
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Any real Colts fan cannot abide the Denver Broncos and John Elway!
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When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
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I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
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The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the theater. You have five songs and different promotions based on those. But when I do Western films, the need for originality is greater. Then I become very conscious about the writing.
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It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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I'm such a relationship guy. I really am.
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After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that.
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It's filled with... baking soda. Because it really smells.
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Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence, and diminishing them, restricting their dimensions, is itself a civilizing act.
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I think by default I wanted to be an actor because, on a movie set as a little kid, the only thing that you can do is be an actor. And I was really enthralled by the whole process.
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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.
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It was the greatest thing in the world getting fat. Every meal out was an event. Or we'd go to Italy and we'd have pasta, truffles, and dessert and then plan the next incredible meal. It was a happy-go-lucky time. I never had so much fun.
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I'm not really a horror movie fan.
