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My films are very rooted in specific people's point of view. Some film-makers give a more global point of view, like God looking down at the characters.

~Doug Liman

Topics: Characters Down Film-Makers Films Give Global God Like Looking More People Point Point Of View Rooted Some Specific Very View

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'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' - every scene is from those characters' point of view. They're in literally every scene, very unusual in a big studio film.

~Doug Liman

Topics: Big Characters Every Film Literally Point Point Of View Scene Smith Studio Those Unusual Very View Mr Mrs

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In particular, I'm drawn to the stories that have big, high concepts and real characters at their heart. And I love where those two worlds meet, and 'Edge of Tomorrow' is the perfect canvas to explore that.

~Doug Liman

Topics: Big Canvas Characters Concepts Drawn Edge Explore Heart High Love Meet Particular Perfect Real Stories Those Tomorrow Two Where Worlds I Love

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Somehow super power and hero are so synonymous that they get combined into one word, 'superhero,' whereas I'm kind of more interested in separating those two ideas out. You have characters with super powers who may or may not be heroic, because human beings aren't all heroic. I tend to be drawn to antiheros.

~Doug Liman

Topics: Because Beings Characters Combined Drawn Get Hero Heroic Human Human Beings Ideas Interested Kind May More One Word Out Power Powers Separating Somehow Super Superhero Synonymous Tend Those Two Whereas Who Word You

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I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done.

~Doug Liman

Topics: Accomplishments America Done Ever Greatest Man Mankind Moon Put States Think United United States United States Of America I Think

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I always wanted to make big action movies as a kid, and that was my dream. In a way, 'Swingers' was the thing I suffered through the most doing because of all that dialog, so I could eventually be allowed to do a big dumb action movie, honestly.

~Doug Liman

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More of 'The Bourne Identity's script was taken from the events of the Iran Contra, which my father investigated for the Senate, than what was taken from Robert Ludlum's novel.

~Doug Liman

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I understand that it's a huge luxury for people to dwell on the problems in Washington. Things have to be pretty tidy in your own life that you have the time to worry about what's going on in Washington. Most of us spend our time worrying about the things that are directly around us: our love lives, our careers, and our banking accounts.

~Doug Liman

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I had just come off doing a lot of commercials when I did 'Go,' so a part of the fast pace and efficiency comes from the discipline I had to learn from telling stories in 25-second increments, and that type of discipline is insane.

~Doug Liman

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That's why 'The Bourne Identity' has that sort of shaky style, because for the most part, Matt Damon and I were sneaking around Paris and shooting where we didn't have permits.

~Doug Liman

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: July 24th, 1965

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