Dean Devlin quotes

As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one. (Dean Devlin)
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. View quote
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I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.' View quote
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I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point! View quote
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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. View quote
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We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets. View quote
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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.' View quote
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