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" Everybody already knows what Godzilla is. "
Dean Devlin
Godzilla
Everybody
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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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" I like to get emotional when I watch my entertainment. "
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" A lot of sci-fi shows are very cold, too concerned with hardware. "
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" I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point! "
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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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" 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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" Just to be back in the world of 'The Librarian' again was such a joy. "
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" The scale of 'Independence Day' is much more than 'Stargate.' "
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" Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with a 20 minute timer. The rewards are great, though, as it moves faster and you get to see the finished results much quicker. "
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" I've always said that I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I could make a great movie about him if I set my mind to it. "
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Believe
Always
" Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote a sequel. And they paid me a boatload of money to go write this thing. And after I wrote it, I read it and I gave them back the money and I said, 'Look, this is an okay movie I just wrote. But it's not worthy of the sequel to 'Independence Day.' "
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" When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead. It's a dead genre. No one wants to see science fiction anymore.' And I had to go and raise the money independently to make that movie. "
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Money
Said
Go
" There is a renaissance of really great genre entertainment happening. But it's become incredibly audience-specific. "
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Entertainment
Renaissance
Great
" Most young American actors feel like teenagers. "
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Feel
American
Like
" We intellectualize it, and we rationalize it, but it's really about a love of movies, and I think whether you're making an art film or you're making a genre film, if you don't really love that movie you are trying to make, you'll be able to tell. "
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Think
You
Trying
" 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
" As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one. "
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Independence
Never
Day
" 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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Successful
Giving
Audience
" The real trick to these movies and making the big action sequences work - and I've forgotten this sometimes and screwed it up - the characters really have to be humanized. Because you can have the greatest special effects in the world, but if you don't care about the people in those effects, there's no impact. "
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" When you look at our Godzilla, you won't feel any nostalgia. "
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" The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction. "
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" 'Stargate' has always had this empty hole. When we made the first one, we always intended on doing part two and three, and we were prevented for years. And our hope is that we can get another chance at 'Stargate' and tell the entire story we wanted to tell. "
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Two
Hope
Story
" 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
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Us
" The advantage of the Genesis is that it's a rock-solid camera, made by a company with an enormous history and a huge support base. Plus, it's very good in low light using all the Panavision lenses. The downside is that you're recording on tape. "
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History
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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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Best
Film
" The days of family entertainment seem to have left us. "
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Entertainment
Family
" I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking. "
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Real Life
" John Rogers has an encyclopedic mind. Having John as our showrunner is the gift that keeps on giving. He knows more trivial information than anyone I've ever met in my entire life. "
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Information
Mind
Gift
" We always want our leaders to be great leaders. "
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Great
Always
Want
" There are amazing behind-the-scenes technicians in Portland who didn't want to raise their families in L.A. "
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