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My first film out of the gate was financially so successful that I guess, being in Hollywood, you get kind of put into a certain box.

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I love 'MacGyver.'

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I'm a big fan of the 'Fast' franchise. I remember when I met Neal Moritz early on, I joked if Justin Lin ever left the franchise, I would be the perfect guy to slip right in and take over, and no one would know the difference.

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I think, in a lot of ways, directing is puppeteering. I guess I see a lot of analogies between what puppeteers and filmmakers do. There's something about creating life out of things that have no life.

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I'm always excited when I can discover new filmmakers.

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I want to start off making the kinds of films that I loved growing up as a kid. Fun horror films that are scary but at the same time, after you finish the movie, it leaves you excited to see more.

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I think you kind of need to acknowledge that the reason why sequels do well is because people that loved the first one come back.

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You can only go by the instinct that you have.

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I cannot state enough how important post-production is for the success of a horror movie. You bring so much to it with the way you edit it, the way it is sound-designed, and the way the music works with it.

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When you conceive the scene, you go, 'That is scary, right?' When you shoot it, a lot of times you're not quite sure. Hopefully what you can shoot is what your conception is.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Producer

Born: February 27th, 1977

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