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" 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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" 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. "

" It's always hard to watch something you create be put in somebody else's hands. "

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

" 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. "

" There are amazing behind-the-scenes technicians in Portland who didn't want to raise their families in L.A. "

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

" It was somewhere in doing the last season of 'Leverage' that John Rogers and I became confident that we had developed an all-new production technique where we could put more on the screen with very little money. So we started to get more comfortable with the idea of trying to tackle 'The Librarians.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart. "

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

" 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. "

" That transcends everything - skipping the transfer of dailies is a game-changer. "

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

" 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. "

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