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" We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Everybody already knows what Godzilla is. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" We used to call them the storm of the century but now we're seeing what happens if we don't act fast enough - and real human beings are suffering because of that. "

" 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. "

" Portland has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a small town, so that creates an intimacy in a large environment. "

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

" I haven't had the egomaniac star yet in any of my films. It's always been a pleasure. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" The scale of 'Independence Day' is much more than 'Stargate.' "