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I try to put out fires when bizarre rumors get started.

~Chris Weitz

Topics: Bizarre Fires Get Out Put Rumors Started Try

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I love being by the ocean. It stills the voices in my head.

~Chris Weitz

Topics: Being Head Love Ocean Voices I Love

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The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it.

~Chris Weitz

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People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another.

~Chris Weitz

Topics: Always Another Fall Love Movies People Stars Want

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I often make movies that involve depression or deep holes of sadness, although there are also these other great things in 'New Moon,' like this epic set-piece at the end of the film in Italy.

~Chris Weitz

Topics: Also Although Deep Depression End Epic Film Great Great Things Holes Involve Italy Like Make Moon Movies New Often Other Sadness Things

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All I can say is that with 'The Golden Compass,' I didn't get to make the movie I had planned to make. When I look at the film, at the casting and certain scenes, I'm very happy. As for the final product, I can't vouch for that.

~Chris Weitz

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It's easy in a novel to be completely unambiguous about the relationship between animal and daemon simply by stating it outright; whereas you get very few opportunities to do this in an elegant way in a film.

~Chris Weitz

Topics: About Animal Between Easy Elegant Few Film Get Novel Opportunities Outright Relationship Simply Stating Very Way Whereas You

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I am a surfer, though quite a poor one.

~Chris Weitz

Topics: Am Poor Quite Though I Am

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'The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie.

~Chris Weitz

Topics: Bad Became Because Compass Ever Experience Faith Fantasy Golden Greatest Ideas Ironic Movie Novel Novels Out Popcorn Religion Strength Studio Took Tried Turn Which Written

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: November 30th, 1969

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