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" I think it's really difficult to justify converting a film that wasn't shot in 3-D into 3-D. I really do believe, as does James Cameron and all the people who are actually pro-3-D, that you have to go out and shoot it that way. You have nothing but compromise if you don't. "

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" As a director, it just makes my life fantastic to work with people like Elizabeth Hawthorne. "

" It's good to know where you've come from. "

" I think, as a filmmaker, you're always responsible for your film. "

" Computer-generated monsters - people shoot them all day with videogames, you know, so kids aren't going to be afraid of that. People are getting immune to scares. "

" I think that the most important thing we have is our ability communicate and love other humans. "

" I'd love to make films in England, and I tried to. I think there's a wealth of amazing talent and astonishing writing over here; there just seems to be more of a culture of developing films than actually making them. "

" I'm a big fan of horror movies. But I prefer visceral to viscous, let's just say that. "

" There's so much burying of heads in sand going on in the U.S., people are finally beginning to recognize that the environment is dying, but it's far too late, and I am conflicted. "

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" Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs, and you're usually best listening. "

" My agent and manager would sternly tell me exactly the number of projects that we've turned down at this point. But, I think it's really important to do the right thing next. "

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" It's funny: I rarely reference anything, and I'm one of those people that doesn't really spend much time in other people's worlds. I just try and create my own and make it as distinctive as I can. "

" I look for challenges. I really do. "

" Films are pushing envelopes in terms of what is horrific, but also on other areas: in video games, in comic books and outside life. "

" Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking. "

" I think if you have too much fear, you're never going to break ground or develop. "

" I feel like I'm in a weird state, and I wake up in Hollywood, and I've got a couple of studio movies underneath my belt, and I take these meetings with people. Sometimes it's this great, weird sense of oddness that comes at you, because I've never really stopped thinking the way that I started thinking. "

" To get the film in your head on the screen, first you have to take it out of your head and explain it to everyone who is working with you. This will take work and planning. "

" I don't do commentaries; I can't listen to them, either. "

" 'Twilight' was a cult film, and the books were huge, but after 'New Moon,' it really blew up. "

" I believe that filmmaking is a brilliant thing to do - be doing - for a living. "

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" Francis Lawrence is an astonishing filmmaker, an incredibly gifted visual filmmaker. I have great respect for his work. "