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" 'Leverage' is meant to be based in Boston. But in one episode we're in New York, then another in Chicago, Florida, and Eastern Europe. "

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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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" These audiences are so damn smart, way smarter than the studios give them credit for. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We're going to come back to Oregon, whether it's with another show, or a pilot, or a movie. We love working up there. I think it's got one of the most amazing talent pools of any state in the union. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers. "

" Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote a sequel. And they paid me a boatload of money to go write this thing. And after I wrote it, I read it and I gave them back the money and I said, 'Look, this is an okay movie I just wrote. But it's not worthy of the sequel to 'Independence Day.' "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking. "

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