Roland Emmerich Quotes

#1. There's a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both.

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#2. There's not really much destruction in New York besides the weather and it's a natural force so it's not like any destruction. But LA gets leveled (laughs). That's my comment to Hollywood.

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#3. I think sport in general affects what people see in movies. I always try to explain to people in Hollywood that we have to make movies more like sport because, in sport, everything can happen and it's so much better than movies in some ways.

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#4. I'm only a stupid filmmaker.

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#5. I was actually privately in the White House like invited by Clinton to screen Independence Day, so I know how the private residence looks. I didn't snap a picture, but I have a photographic memory and then I could take a guided tour in the West Wing.

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#6. It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies.

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#7. I try to put in every one of my movies some sort of message. I don't want to overdo it, because I don't want people to get annoyed by it, but it's good to have a message.

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#8. I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there.

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#9. I also, since we have digital cameras, the blue screen composites are so good that I would rather shoot on a stage than there, especially the complicated sequences. The sun never sets in a studio stage.

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#10. Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders.

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#11. It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.

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#12. I'm a filmmaker, not a scientist.

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#13. I think every good, entertaining movie should have a message. I really believe that, because if you do it without it, the film feels a little bit soulless.

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#14. Do not fear. Some things will never change.

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#15. When you find something where you can give people a message and still make it an exciting movie, you get very, very excited about something. You probably even work harder than you normally do.

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#16. Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.

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