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" I don't think these weather conditions are going to get better on their own. "
Dean Devlin
Better
Weather
Think
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" 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. "
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" As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one. "
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" Kurt Russell is the guy you know. He's not something out of a weight-lifting magazine or a cartoon character. The closest thing to him would have been Steve McQueen. "
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" 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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" 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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" I don't think of myself as a former actor. I think of myself as a reformed actor. "
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" In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers. "
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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 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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" 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. "
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Television
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" The days of family entertainment seem to have left us. "
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Left
Entertainment
Family
" We make movies that crack us up and hope that they crack up other people, too. "
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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. "
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Want
Force
You
" I like to make popcorn movies. It's my passion. I love the genre. "
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Like
Love
" I'm a huge Trekkie. "
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" In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change. "
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Hope
Tough Times
Tough
" 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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Giving
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" 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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" I just make the movies I want to see. I've always been that way. "
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Always
Way
Want
" There is a renaissance of really great genre entertainment happening. But it's become incredibly audience-specific. "
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Entertainment
Renaissance
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Godzilla
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" I would love it if the whole 'Godzilla' franchise was revitalized for a new generation. "
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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
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" 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
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" 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. "
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Philosophy
Care
Best
" When you convince sci-fi fans you've done something cool, you get them in huge numbers. "
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Convince
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Done
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You
Trying