Quotes by Dean Devlin - Page 2

The great thing about adventure, when told correctly, is it is one of the few genres that everybody in the family can watch together.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Adventure
Family Great Together
Correctly
Genres
Great Thing
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'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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Boston
Chicago
Eastern
Eastern Europe
Florida
Meant To Be
Episode
Leverage
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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 / Screenwriter
Acknowledge
Godzilla
Nod
Spielberg
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Spectacular
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I've always lived by this philosophy, when it comes to conspiracies, never to attribute to deviousness that which can be explained by incompetence.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Incompetence
Attribute
Conspiracies
Explained
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Environment
Heart And Soul
Intimacy
Portland
Small Town
Big City
Creates
Large
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Amazing
Crew
Shooting
Support
Amazing Experience
Behind
Cast
Full
Talented
Leverage
Season
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'The Outpost' is an exciting fantasy with a strong female lead that will capture the imagination of fans of both 'Game of Thrones' and 'Wonder Woman.'
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Capture
Strong Female
Wonder Woman
Game Of Thrones
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We have to produce a high-quality show, but we have less and less time and money to do it. If you are using the tapeless approach to save money, you will.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
High Quality
Time And Money
Less Time
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Reject
Screw
Stargate
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We've always had a simple philosophy in casting. We don't care if somebody's a big star or a little star. We just want the best possible actor for the part.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Casting
Big Star
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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 / Screenwriter
Vacation
Accused
Manipulate
Elevate
Greatest Thing
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Real Human
Storm
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Flight
Portland
Favor
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Kurt Russell is the guy you know. He's not something out of a weight-lifting magazine or a cartoon character. The closest thing to him would have been Steve McQueen.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Cartoon
Cartoon Character
Closest
Mcqueen
Closest Thing
Magazine
Russell
Steve
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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 / Screenwriter
Pitching
Setting
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Godzilla
Blew
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Distribution
Electric
Executives
Groups
Hollywood
Paramount
Perfect
Promotion
Stable
Partner
Unparalleled
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John Rogers has an encyclopedic mind. Having John as our showrunner is the gift that keeps on giving. He knows more trivial information than anyone I've ever met in my entire life.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Entire Life
Rogers
Trivial
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I don't think you can figure this stuff out. If you could figure all this stuff out, then all the great filmmakers would come out of Yale and Harvard. It's not an intellectual process.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Harvard
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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?'
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Circling
Specialized
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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 / Screenwriter
Oregon
Annual
By The Time
Leverage
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Adventure
Following
Love Movies World
Appealing
First Place
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Most Amazing
Oregon
Pilot
Pools
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Ages
Increasingly
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Former
Giving
Successful
Television
Remake
Sequel
Something Else
Television Series
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It's fun to watch a show that you can watch with any member of your family, and you're going to laugh, and you're going to be moved, and you're going to have fun, rather than this dark, brooding, cold, 'purely procedural show.'
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Brooding
Have Fun
Member
Procedural
Purely
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Tv Series
Intended
Stargate
Trilogy
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Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with a 20 minute timer. The rewards are great, though, as it moves faster and you get to see the finished results much quicker.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Chess
Faster
Rewards
Speed
Timer
Time Money Great
Minute
No Time
Quicker
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Enormous
Genesis
Lenses
Plus
Tape
Base
Downside
Recording
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
France
Mgm
Canal
Financed
Sold
Stargate
Television Series
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Rationalize
Love Art Movies
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When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead. It's a dead genre. No one wants to see science fiction anymore.' And I had to go and raise the money independently to make that movie.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Genre
Hollywood
Sci Fi
Anymore
Dead
Independently
Raise
Studio
Stargate
Took
Tried
Wants
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'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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Empty
First One
Hole
Intended
Stargate
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Financiers
Frightened
Mgm
Surprise
Tv Shows
Sold
Spawned
Stargate
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Bad Guys
Latin
Offending
Alien
Arab
Corrupt
Dealers
Incorrect
Politically Incorrect
Terrorists
Villains
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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.'
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Little Money
Technique
Last Season
Leverage
Rogers
Tackle
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Effects
Forgotten
Special Effects
Work Movies World
Trick
Screwed
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Christmas
Cheer
Entertainment
Life Is Hard
Moved
Particular
Plenty
Addicted
Third
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The great thing about adventure, when told correctly, is it is one of the few genres that everybody in the family can watch together. Our television has become so targeted, it's so specific that there's literally nothing else on television that grandparents are watching with their grandkids, and they're both entertained.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Adventure
Grandparent
Together
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Caribbean
Facts
Genre
Pirate
Years
Pirates
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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.
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Doors
Empty
Oregon
Productions
Leverage
Lights
Proper
Stages
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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.'
Dean Devlin / Screenwriter
Independence
Independence Day
Okay
Worthy
Sequel
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