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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 so specialized now in our entertainment. It's nice to do a show where you're really circling back to this idea of, 'Couldn't there be a show the whole family can watch together?' "

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" In movies, we've run out of ideas for bad guys. We end up with politically incorrect villains, like Arab terrorists or Latin drug dealers or corrupt politicians. Well, aliens are the best film villains since the Nazis. You don't have to worry about offending anyone. "

" 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 know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.' "

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

" Of all the projects I've ever done, 'Stargate' is the only one from the beginning intended to be a trilogy. We always wanted to do parts two and three, but the thinking was they didn't want to do anything other than the TV series. "

" 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. "

" I like to get emotional when I watch my entertainment. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm a huge Trekkie. "

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

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

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

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

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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