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

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" 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. "

" We did the original 'Stargate' as an independent movie. It was a surprise success. Shortly before the movie came out, the financiers who were frightened the movie might not do well sold the film to MGM. When the film came out, it was a hit and spawned TV shows. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" We've always had a simple philosophy in casting. We don't care if somebody's a big star or a little star. We just want the best possible actor for the part. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead. It's a dead genre. No one wants to see science fiction anymore.' And I had to go and raise the money independently to make that movie. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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