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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. "

Dean Devlin

Think

Society

Opinion

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" We had an amazing experience shooting the first season of 'Leverage' with such a talented cast and crew and with the full support of TNT behind us. "

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" The real trick to these movies and making the big action sequences work - and I've forgotten this sometimes and screwed it up - the characters really have to be humanized. Because you can have the greatest special effects in the world, but if you don't care about the people in those effects, there's no impact. "

" 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. "

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

" 'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up. "

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Independence

Day

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

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

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Projects

Studios

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad. "

" Most young American actors feel like teenagers. "

Dean Devlin

Feel

American

" 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. "

" I think there's a lot of factors that go into the whole awards thing. I've never been that big a fan of it. "

Dean Devlin

Fan

Awards

" We all want our children to be terrific, but you can't force a child into being what you want it to be. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I would love it if the whole 'Godzilla' franchise was revitalized for a new generation. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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