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The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction.
— Dean Devlin
In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change.
— Dean Devlin
There are three things that I'm addicted to when it comes to entertainment. In no particular order, One, I'm addicted to the cheer moment. 'Librarians' has plenty of them. Next, I feel that life is hard, and I want my entertainment fun, and 'Librarians' is fun as a Christmas party. And third, I like to be moved.
— Dean Devlin
I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.'
— Dean Devlin
John Rogers has an encyclopedic mind. Having John as our showrunner is the gift that keeps on giving. He knows more trivial information than anyone I've ever met in my entire life.
— Dean Devlin
'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up.
— Dean Devlin
As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.
— Dean Devlin
I would love it if the whole 'Godzilla' franchise was revitalized for a new generation.
— Dean Devlin
We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.
— Dean Devlin
I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point!
— Dean Devlin
I can tell you as a fact that if you'd asked anyone in Hollywood one year before 'Pirates of the Caribbean' had come out, they'd have told you the pirate movie was a dead genre. And it's not that it's a dead genre. If you make a bad pirate movie, no one will want to see it. If you make a good one, everyone will want to see it.
— Dean Devlin
We are cannibalizing our audience by only giving them regurgitated material. Every movie is either a remake, a sequel, based on something else. Based on a former television series. Based on a successful videogame.
— Dean Devlin
I think if we did 'Stargate' right, the fans would like it, and we could do something really good. But if we screw it up, they'll reject it. As they should.
— Dean Devlin
That's one of the best things about the RED ONE - I can use all the best lenses that have been used in film forever.
— Dean Devlin
'Leverage' is meant to be based in Boston. But in one episode we're in New York, then another in Chicago, Florida, and Eastern Europe.
— Dean Devlin
Portland is a two-hour flight from L.A. It has wonderful talent, and it hasn't been shot to death. I'm all in favor of it becoming a serious player in the industry.
— Dean Devlin
Kurt Russell is the guy you know. He's not something out of a weight-lifting magazine or a cartoon character. The closest thing to him would have been Steve McQueen.
— Dean Devlin
We make movies that crack us up and hope that they crack up other people, too.
— Dean Devlin
We used to call them the storm of the century but now we're seeing what happens if we don't act fast enough - and real human beings are suffering because of that.
— Dean Devlin
I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking.
— Dean Devlin
In the '80s, all the movies became predictable.
— Dean Devlin
In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers.
— Dean Devlin
We've always had a simple philosophy in casting. We don't care if somebody's a big star or a little star. We just want the best possible actor for the part.
— Dean Devlin
Following a pre-cellphone world of children on an adventure is incredibly appealing for me. These are the kinds of movies I fell in love with and made me want to be a filmmaker in the first place.
— Dean Devlin
The great thing about adventure, when told correctly, is it is one of the few genres that everybody in the family can watch together.
— Dean Devlin
I like to get emotional when I watch my entertainment.
— Dean Devlin
'Librarians' is surprisingly touching in a lot of ways where it's not expected.
— Dean Devlin
The budget on cable television is dramatically less than network television.
— Dean Devlin
Usually when you're doing a season one, you're trying to find the show.
— Dean Devlin
There's no doubt in the world that I am the biggest 'Doctor Who' fan.
— Dean Devlin
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
Everybody already knows what Godzilla is.
— Dean Devlin
Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets.
— Dean Devlin
The scale of 'Independence Day' is much more than 'Stargate.'
— Dean Devlin
We're going to come back to Oregon, whether it's with another show, or a pilot, or a movie. We love working up there. I think it's got one of the most amazing talent pools of any state in the union.
— Dean Devlin
Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote a sequel. And they paid me a boatload of money to go write this thing. And after I wrote it, I read it and I gave them back the money and I said, 'Look, this is an okay movie I just wrote. But it's not worthy of the sequel to 'Independence Day.'
— Dean Devlin
I love what they do with 'Doctor Who,' where they have the series, and then they do a big Christmas movie special.
— Dean Devlin
'Stargate' has always had this empty hole. When we made the first one, we always intended on doing part two and three, and we were prevented for years. And our hope is that we can get another chance at 'Stargate' and tell the entire story we wanted to tell.
— Dean Devlin
There was no studio involved when we made 'Stargate.' It was financed through Le Studio Canal+ in France and, after the film was finished, it was sold to MGM. When the film was a success, MGM decided to do a television series based on the movie.
— Dean Devlin
When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead. It's a dead genre. No one wants to see science fiction anymore.' And I had to go and raise the money independently to make that movie.
— Dean Devlin
The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart.
— Dean Devlin
Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with a 20 minute timer. The rewards are great, though, as it moves faster and you get to see the finished results much quicker.
— Dean Devlin
Paramount Pictures is a perfect partner for Electric Entertainment, with the most stable group of executives in Hollywood and unparalleled global promotion and distribution reach.
— Dean Devlin
The advantage of the Genesis is that it's a rock-solid camera, made by a company with an enormous history and a huge support base. Plus, it's very good in low light using all the Panavision lenses. The downside is that you're recording on tape.
— Dean Devlin
That transcends everything - skipping the transfer of dailies is a game-changer.
— Dean Devlin
There are amazing behind-the-scenes technicians in Portland who didn't want to raise their families in L.A.
— Dean Devlin
Most young American actors feel like teenagers.
— Dean Devlin
I don't think these weather conditions are going to get better on their own.
— Dean Devlin
The days of family entertainment seem to have left us.
— Dean Devlin
In the '70s, you didn't know who was going to survive in a disaster film.
— Dean Devlin
'Stargate' was more a fantasy.
— Dean Devlin
Portland has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a small town, so that creates an intimacy in a large environment.
— Dean Devlin
It's fun to watch a show that you can watch with any member of your family, and you're going to laugh, and you're going to be moved, and you're going to have fun, rather than this dark, brooding, cold, 'purely procedural show.'
— Dean Devlin
We're so specialized now in our entertainment. It's nice to do a show where you're really circling back to this idea of, 'Couldn't there be a show the whole family can watch together?'
— Dean Devlin
There's a lot of superhero stuff out there and a lot of cop stuff out there. What we have very little of anymore is adventure.
— Dean Devlin
I always wish I had another shot at it. But, listen, 'Godzilla' is something that I grew up loving. We worked hard to go make one. We kind of blew it. I think everyone gets one.
— Dean Devlin
I think there's a lot of factors that go into the whole awards thing. I've never been that big a fan of it.
— Dean Devlin
It was somewhere in doing the last season of 'Leverage' that John Rogers and I became confident that we had developed an all-new production technique where we could put more on the screen with very little money. So we started to get more comfortable with the idea of trying to tackle 'The Librarians.'
— Dean Devlin
We all want our children to be terrific, but you can't force a child into being what you want it to be.
— Dean Devlin
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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