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" 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. "

Dean Devlin

Children

World

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" These audiences are so damn smart, way smarter than the studios give them credit for. "

" We make movies that crack us up and hope that they crack up other people, too. "

Dean Devlin

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" We all want our children to be terrific, but you can't force a child into being what you want it to be. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Stories about travelers coming into town and doing good have been part of our storytelling since the Bible. "

" We've always had a simple philosophy in casting. We don't care if somebody's a big star or a little star. We just want the best possible actor for the part. "

" We're making high-budget movies with a low-budget attitude. "

" We don't over-manage projects like the studios do. "

Dean Devlin

Projects

Studios

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

" There is a renaissance of really great genre entertainment happening. But it's become incredibly audience-specific. "

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

" When you convince sci-fi fans you've done something cool, you get them in huge numbers. "

" There are an enormous amount of techniques I wanted to beta test in television. You can't take those risks on a $100 million movie. "

" 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. "

" There was no studio involved when we made 'Stargate.' It was financed through Le Studio Canal+ in France and, after the film was finished, it was sold to MGM. When the film was a success, MGM decided to do a television series based on the movie. "

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

" 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. "

" There's a real difference now in what you can get out of film and the rise of digital platforms. "

" Paramount Pictures is a perfect partner for Electric Entertainment, with the most stable group of executives in Hollywood and unparalleled global promotion and distribution reach. "

" 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. "

" The scale of 'Independence Day' is much more than 'Stargate.' "

Dean Devlin

Much

Independence

" The days of family entertainment seem to have left us. "

" We took over with 'Leverage' three warehouses, and now four with 'The Librarians,' and turned them into proper sound stages with sound doors and all the lights. We now have control of four real, proper-sized sound stages. The problem is they're dark and empty half of the year because there aren't enough productions coming into Oregon. "

" I would love it if the whole 'Godzilla' franchise was revitalized for a new generation. "

" 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. "

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

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

" The budget on cable television is dramatically less than network television. "

" '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. "