Quotes by Doug Liman

Doug Liman

At the end of the day, I like the spy genre, as opposed to the action movie genre, because spies are smart. The successful spies are the smarter spies.

Smart

Successful

The End Of The Day

At the end of the day, it’s still a show about guys who ride extremely fast motorcycles for a living.

Guy

Motorcycle

The End Of The Day

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.

Careers

Casting

Choices

For big Hollywood movies, I’m on the more character-driven side of the equation. So, TV is a natural place for me to be because you’ve got no choice, but to be character-driven.

Character

Choices

Sides

From a production point of view, I still have one foot firmly planted in the independent film world, and much of the shooting on ‘Jumper’ was done ‘Swingers’-style because that was the only way we could afford to do it.

Feet

Independent

Views

I can’t impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

Action

Dumb

People

I go into a movie sort of saying what it’s not going to be.

I had just come off doing a lot of commercials when I did Go, so a part of the fast pace and efficiency comes from the discipline I had to learn from telling stories in 25-second increments, and that type of discipline is insane.

Discipline

Insane

Pace

I live in New York City, and I’m making huge action movies. The people that make huge action movies live in L.A., and they’re surrounded by other people who make huge action movies. I’m surrounded by people making documentaries!

Cities

New York

People

I make movies for me and posterity. I’m more scared of history than I am of the studio.

Posterity

Scared

Studios

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Actors

Air

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Believe

Car

Careers

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Causes

Character

Choices

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Discipline

Doe

Done

Dumb

Dvds

Easier

Editing

Empathy

Ends

Fall

Falling In Love

Feet

Fighting

Film

Fun

Games

Giving

Gone

Guy

Heart

Home

Hurt

Husband

Identity

Impact

Independent

Infuriating

Insane

Interesting

Iron

Littles

Looks

Manhattan

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Quotes by Doug Liman

Doug Liman

At the end of the day, I like the spy genre, as opposed to the action movie genre, because spies are smart. The successful spies are the smarter spies.

At the end of the day, it’s still a show about guys who ride extremely fast motorcycles for a living.

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.

For big Hollywood movies, I’m on the more character-driven side of the equation. So, TV is a natural place for me to be because you’ve got no choice, but to be character-driven.

From a production point of view, I still have one foot firmly planted in the independent film world, and much of the shooting on ‘Jumper’ was done ‘Swingers’-style because that was the only way we could afford to do it.

I can’t impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

I go into a movie sort of saying what it’s not going to be.

I had just come off doing a lot of commercials when I did Go, so a part of the fast pace and efficiency comes from the discipline I had to learn from telling stories in 25-second increments, and that type of discipline is insane.

I live in New York City, and I’m making huge action movies. The people that make huge action movies live in L.A., and they’re surrounded by other people who make huge action movies. I’m surrounded by people making documentaries!

I make movies for me and posterity. I’m more scared of history than I am of the studio.

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