Jerry Bruckheimer Quotes
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Casting is so important, with any film you do. You have to get actors that you believe will fulfill the promise of the characters that are on the page.
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Because you can't do anything halfway, you've got to go all the way in anything you do.
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Any time you can create something that gets to a large audience is fantastic. And television still gets you to a huge audience.
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We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences.
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There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do.
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I was always looking to be entertained. We lead such full lives and a lot of us don't lead very pleasant lives and don't like what we do... My dad worked his whole life as a salesman and that wasn't what he really wanted to do. He looked forward to two weeks vacation every year and he used to say to me, 'Whatever you do, make sure you do something you really like so you don't just have your vacation to look forward to.' And I love movies.
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Well, I feel that we're kind of fortunate that this book gives the whole world a lesson in economics and how to get out of the mess that we're all in. It's basic message is to try and stop spending as much and try to release some of your assets to pay off your debt.
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We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.
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People want to leave their homes but they can't go on vacation as much as they used to. So, getting out of the house and seeing a good movie helps them to alleviate some of the pain that's going on in their life.
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It's very difficult to release an X-rated movie.
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Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me.
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A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition.
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I can stand at the back of the theater and watch an audience laugh, cry, and be moved by what I do. I can entertain people around the world. It's nice when you can give someone that gift.
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I think I'm a great organizer. Not that I'm organized, but I'm a great organizer of other people.
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It's important to stand up for your work - otherwise somebody else will step in and say they did it.
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I think you've got to be honest with yourself at what you're good at. That's the hardest thing to do.
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You've got to learn from your mistakes. And not do them again.
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Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes.
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I think the best thing you can do when you go and see a movie is to bring somebody along who really enjoys the film with you. I think this is one of those movies... it wouldn't be their first choice. But once they're in there and they see the enjoyment that not only they're getting, but also their wife or their girlfriend then it makes for a much more pleasant evening after the movie!
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You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.
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If you read a part that you want to play, and you already know you have actors you want to work with but it's not on the page, it's not going to be on the screen. So that is the most difficult thing to do for a producer, is to get a script that attracts this kind of talent.
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You have to start at the very bottom and you've got to do every job. I did that so I could understand what everybody does. I didn't become this huge producer overnight. It took many, many years.
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I think it's the source material. 27 Dresses was a famous book, and Devil Wears Prada was also a wonderful book, so it's coming out of the novelists who are really creating these wonderful female characters that we want to see on the big screen.
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You put faith in people sometimes that can't deliver for you. And those are mistakes and you have to... don't work with them again. It's pretty easy.
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I like to make pictures about people who make a difference.
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We hope that audiences around the world embrace the picture in the same way they have the books and that hopefully Disney will allow us make another one.
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I only make movies I want to go see.
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I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.
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Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells trying to get them there.
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I just don't know what makes a movie catch on and other ones don't.
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