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" A lot of sci-fi shows are very cold, too concerned with hardware. "
Dean Devlin
Hardware
Too
Cold
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" I don't think of myself as a former actor. I think of myself as a reformed actor. "
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" It's fun to watch a show that you can watch with any member of your family, and you're going to laugh, and you're going to be moved, and you're going to have fun, rather than this dark, brooding, cold, 'purely procedural show.' "
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" I would love it if the whole 'Godzilla' franchise was revitalized for a new generation. "
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New
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Love
" I think there's a lot of factors that go into the whole awards thing. I've never been that big a fan of it. "
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Fan
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" In movies, we've run out of ideas for bad guys. We end up with politically incorrect villains, like Arab terrorists or Latin drug dealers or corrupt politicians. Well, aliens are the best film villains since the Nazis. You don't have to worry about offending anyone. "
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Worry
End
" We're so specialized now in our entertainment. It's nice to do a show where you're really circling back to this idea of, 'Couldn't there be a show the whole family can watch together?' "
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Together
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" We used to call them the storm of the century but now we're seeing what happens if we don't act fast enough - and real human beings are suffering because of that. "
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Enough
Suffering
Storm
" The budget on cable television is dramatically less than network television. "
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Television
Than
Less
" There are amazing behind-the-scenes technicians in Portland who didn't want to raise their families in L.A. "
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Who
Want
Raise
" Of all the projects I've ever done, 'Stargate' is the only one from the beginning intended to be a trilogy. We always wanted to do parts two and three, but the thinking was they didn't want to do anything other than the TV series. "
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Thinking
Beginning
Three
" I've always lived by this philosophy, when it comes to conspiracies, never to attribute to deviousness that which can be explained by incompetence. "
Dean Devlin
Always
Philosophy
Incompetence
" I don't think these weather conditions are going to get better on their own. "
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Better
Weather
Think
" We're often accused of trying to manipulate opinion or that we're trying to elevate society. I think that the greatest thing we can do is to give you a vacation. "
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Think
Society
Opinion
" I'm a huge Trekkie. "
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Huge
" The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart. "
Dean Devlin
Brain
Soul
Heart
" With 'The Librarians,' we want to be a smart, fun, crazy, genre show, but we also want to be something that people of all ages can watch and enjoy. That, to me, does seem to be increasingly harder to find. "
Dean Devlin
Smart
Enjoy
People
" I love what they do with 'Doctor Who,' where they have the series, and then they do a big Christmas movie special. "
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Love
Big
Christmas
" I think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad. "
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Used
About
iPad
" I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.' "
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Up
Godzilla
Know
" 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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Today
Three
Looking
" There's no doubt in the world that I am the biggest 'Doctor Who' fan. "
Dean Devlin
I Am
Who
Doctor
" I always wish I had another shot at it. But, listen, 'Godzilla' is something that I grew up loving. We worked hard to go make one. We kind of blew it. I think everyone gets one. "
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Listen
Think
Wish
" When I first came to Oregon, the annual amount spent on production was $1 million to $1.5 million. By the time 'Leverage' was done, there had been over $100 million in production that year. "
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Oregon
Done
First
" I like to make popcorn movies. It's my passion. I love the genre. "
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Passion
Like
Love
" The great thing about adventure, when told correctly, is it is one of the few genres that everybody in the family can watch together. "
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Few
Together
Great
" I think we have a culture that creates heroes and then needs to knock them down, and then you have to see what the third act brings. "
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Culture
You
Think
" We had an amazing experience shooting the first season of 'Leverage' with such a talented cast and crew and with the full support of TNT behind us. "
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Season
Support
Us
" There's a lot of superhero stuff out there and a lot of cop stuff out there. What we have very little of anymore is adventure. "
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Adventure
Out
Superhero
" 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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Want
Force
You
" There are three things that I'm addicted to when it comes to entertainment. In no particular order, One, I'm addicted to the cheer moment. 'Librarians' has plenty of them. Next, I feel that life is hard, and I want my entertainment fun, and 'Librarians' is fun as a Christmas party. And third, I like to be moved. "
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Life
Feel
Moment