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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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Dean Devlin

Film

Success

Independent

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

" 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. "

Dean Devlin

Fan

Awards

" 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. "

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

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

Dean Devlin

People

Crack

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

" 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. "

" Usually when you're doing a season one, you're trying to find the show. "

" I've always lived by this philosophy, when it comes to conspiracies, never to attribute to deviousness that which can be explained by incompetence. "

" 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. "

" It's fun to watch a show that you can watch with any member of your family, and you're going to laugh, and you're going to be moved, and you're going to have fun, rather than this dark, brooding, cold, 'purely procedural show.' "

" The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction. "

" 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. "

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

Dean Devlin

Projects

Studios

" 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. "

Dean Devlin

Season

Support

" 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. "

" The great thing about adventure, when told correctly, is it is one of the few genres that everybody in the family can watch together. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Most young American actors feel like teenagers. "

Dean Devlin

Feel

American

" 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

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

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

" We have to produce a high-quality show, but we have less and less time and money to do it. If you are using the tapeless approach to save money, you will. "