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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

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I think we have a culture that creates heroes and then needs to knock them down, and then you have to see what the third act brings.

~Dean Devlin

Topics: Act Brings Creates Culture Down Heroes Knock Needs See Them Then Think Third You I Think

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I haven't had the egomaniac star yet in any of my films. It's always been a pleasure.

~Dean Devlin

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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

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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

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There is a renaissance of really great genre entertainment happening. But it's become incredibly audience-specific.

~Dean Devlin

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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

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There are an enormous amount of techniques I wanted to beta test in television. You can't take those risks on a $100 million movie.

~Dean Devlin

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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

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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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: August 27th, 1962

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