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" 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. "

Dean Devlin

Oregon

Done

First

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Dean Devlin

Projects

Studios

" 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. "

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

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Love

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

" Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets. "

" The advantage of the Genesis is that it's a rock-solid camera, made by a company with an enormous history and a huge support base. Plus, it's very good in low light using all the Panavision lenses. The downside is that you're recording on tape. "

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

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People

Crack

" Portland is a two-hour flight from L.A. It has wonderful talent, and it hasn't been shot to death. I'm all in favor of it becoming a serious player in the industry. "

" 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. "

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

" I can tell you as a fact that if you'd asked anyone in Hollywood one year before 'Pirates of the Caribbean' had come out, they'd have told you the pirate movie was a dead genre. And it's not that it's a dead genre. If you make a bad pirate movie, no one will want to see it. If you make a good one, everyone will want to see it. "

" 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?' "

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

Dean Devlin

Much

Independence

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

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

Dean Devlin

Independence

Day

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Spielberg is our hero. For him to make a nod to 'Godzilla' just before we make our movie is like getting the king to acknowledge you at dinner. "

Dean Devlin

Hero

Dinner

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

Dean Devlin

Talent

Many