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" The truth is, we were sick of, every time we finished a movie, having to start all over again from nothing, going to a studio, pitching an idea, setting up a new office. "

Dean Devlin

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" Just to be back in the world of 'The Librarian' again was such a joy. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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World

" In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change. "

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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. "

" There are three things that I'm addicted to when it comes to entertainment. In no particular order, One, I'm addicted to the cheer moment. 'Librarians' has plenty of them. Next, I feel that life is hard, and I want my entertainment fun, and 'Librarians' is fun as a Christmas party. And third, I like to be moved. "

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

" I'm a huge Trekkie. "

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" 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. "

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