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I've always said that I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I could make a great movie about him if I set my mind to it.

~Dean Devlin

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When you convince sci-fi fans you've done something cool, you get them in huge numbers.

~Dean Devlin

Topics: Convince Cool Done Fans Get Huge Numbers Sci-Fi Something Them You

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If you were around when 'Them!' or 'Tarantula' came out, those effects were as good as you had ever seen.

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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

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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

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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

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I don't think of myself as a former actor. I think of myself as a reformed actor.

~Dean Devlin

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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

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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

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I like to make popcorn movies. It's my passion. I love the genre.

~Dean Devlin

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: August 27th, 1962

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