Dean Devlin Professions : Screenwriter Born : August 27, 1962 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Dean Devlin I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point! Dean Devlin expensive 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 pirate facts years We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals. Dean Devlin pedestal people 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 grandparent together adventure As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one. Dean Devlin independence film firsts 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 successful giving television I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.' Dean Devlin godzilla screwed-up knows 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 groups hollywood perfect When you look at our Godzilla, you won't feel any nostalgia. Dean Devlin feel look you nostalgia We always want our leaders to be great leaders. Dean Devlin our great always want In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change. Dean Devlin tough-times tough change hope 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 moment life-is-hard christmas life 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 city small soul heart The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction. Dean Devlin direction coming see change Everybody already knows what Godzilla is. Dean Devlin everybody godzilla knows 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 never always incompetence philosophy The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart. Dean Devlin business soul brain heart That transcends everything - skipping the transfer of dailies is a game-changer. Dean Devlin transfer transcends everything 'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up. Dean Devlin follow day independence pressure I just make the movies I want to see. I've always been that way. Dean Devlin movies see want way Similar Authors Irving Brecher screenwriter Bill Kelly screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin screenwriter Burt Prelutsky screenwriter Budd Schulberg screenwriter Bryan Fuller screenwriter All Authors
