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" A lot of sci-fi shows are very cold, too concerned with hardware. "

" As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one. "

" Everybody already knows what Godzilla is. "

" Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't think of myself as a former actor. I think of myself as a reformed actor. "

" I don't think these weather conditions are going to get better on their own. "

" I don't think you can figure this stuff out. If you could figure all this stuff out, then all the great filmmakers would come out of Yale and Harvard. It's not an intellectual process. "

" If you were around when 'Them!' or 'Tarantula' came out, those effects were as good as you had ever seen. "

" I haven't had the egomaniac star yet in any of my films. It's always been a pleasure. "

" I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point! "

" I just make the movies I want to see. I've always been that way. "

" I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.' "

" I like to get emotional when I watch my entertainment. "

" I like to make popcorn movies. It's my passion. I love the genre. "

" I love what they do with 'Doctor Who,' where they have the series, and then they do a big Christmas movie special. "

" I'm a huge Trekkie. "

" 'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up. "

" 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. "

" In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers. "

" In the '70s, you didn't know who was going to survive in a disaster film. "

" In the '80s, all the movies became predictable. "

" In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change. "

" I think if we did 'Stargate' right, the fans would like it, and we could do something really good. But if we screw it up, they'll reject it. As they should. "

" I think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad. "

" 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. "

" 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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