David Twohy Quotes

#1. My hands are already full writing and directing, because that's a full time job. Actually, that's why I don't produce as well, as there's already enough producers.

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#2. I've learned never to count Vin Diesel out. Just don't do that. And I guess it's because he is a very smart guy. Smarter than people give him credit for.

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#3. Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.

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#4. After I script the movie, I have to storyboard it out, I have to budget it, and I have to understand if I can afford all those visual effects or not.

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#5. If I know what my finale is when I'm writing a screenplay, then I don't always have to chart out every scene before that. I can adequately find my way. I'm experienced enough to do that.

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#6. In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off-putting to the audience. There is always something familiar they can grab onto.

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#7. I went to Long Beach State, started out as an actor.

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#8. You do a drama, and you are limited by the rules of reality, and in science fiction, you create your own reality. Some people find that daunting; I find it challenging.

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#9. I guess you don't make any franchise movies unless the fans are there.

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#10. There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.

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#11. When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!

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#12. You do need to edit yourself as you shoot because you have fewer options in a smaller movie. In other words, when I'm shooting a big movie, and I got an 85 day shooting schedule or more, then I'm saying I have enough time to shoot option A and B and C and D for every scene.

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#13. To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?

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#14. There's so much diversity of opinion out there, so ultimately you have to listen to it, put it aside, and make what you want to make.

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#15. You hear people say that there's too much CG in movies today, but CG is what allows me to take a green-painted wall in a studio and make it disappear, and then put 100 miles of landscape in. CG, in the right hands, can be a marvelous tool.

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#16. I don't want to have so much humor [in films] that it undermines the jeopardy, but enough to sometime relieve tension.

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#17. We got together and realized that Universal made it clear that they were out of the Riddick business. They didn't want to spend that kind of money anymore. So, it was going to be an independent movie.

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#18. I'm always coming back with too much footage. Most filmmakers do, but I'm always surprised that it keeps happening to me.

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#19. Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my scenes in.

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#20. Damn, my first cut that I showed to distributors was probably about two hours and 20 minutes, even though my contract said two hours. So, I had to lose 20 minutes. It's incredible that it just keeps happening.

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