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

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" I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.' "

" 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. "

" If you were around when 'Them!' or 'Tarantula' came out, those effects were as good as you had ever seen. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad. "

" 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. "

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

" I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point! "

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

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

" 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. "

" The advantage of the Genesis is that it's a rock-solid camera, made by a company with an enormous history and a huge support base. Plus, it's very good in low light using all the Panavision lenses. The downside is that you're recording on tape. "

" When you look at our Godzilla, you won't feel any nostalgia. "

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

" 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. "

" We always want our leaders to be great leaders. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" With 'The Librarians,' we want to be a smart, fun, crazy, genre show, but we also want to be something that people of all ages can watch and enjoy. That, to me, does seem to be increasingly harder to find. "

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

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

" Portland is a two-hour flight from L.A. It has wonderful talent, and it hasn't been shot to death. I'm all in favor of it becoming a serious player in the industry. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "