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It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Rehearsing
Scar
Scary
Auditioning
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I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Film
Reviews
Years
Best Part
Review
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They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Figure Skating
Laughing
Want
Shot
Reaction
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We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Clue
Relax
Should
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It always happens at the end that you're always under the gun because of various schedules and all that.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Ends
Gun
Schedules
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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Definitions
Figure Skating
First Time
Firsts
Time First Time First
Be Original
Original
Definition
Figure
Sequel
Worked
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Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Lines
Lee
Neither
Tommy
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I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Cutting
Directors
Finals
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I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Alien
Considered
Michael
Jackson
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Kids
Movie
Graduates
Harvard
School
Barely
Graduate
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Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I've had some success making films about aliens, so this is a dream come true.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Dream
Fascination
Growing Up
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The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Hate
Suicide
Views
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Big Mistake
Direct
Mistake
Scene
Tommy
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Funnier
Happening
Reaction
Tommy
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There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Series
Unfortunate
Version
Directing
Incredibly
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Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Littles
Nervous
One Day
Stars
Big Star
Michael
Freaked
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I'm not the one or two take guy, but I'm not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do a bunch of takes, like more than five or six, it's usually for some technical reasons.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Guy
Six
Two
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I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Good Things
Reviews
Wife
Pointed
Validate
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Men
Black
Comedy
Paris
Sat
Behind
Michael
Explain
Jackson
Stayed
Wept
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When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Angry
Frank
Shot
Survive
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I don't believe in leaving a scene in because it was really hard to shoot, or because it's the reason you took the movie, or because you always wanted to work with an actor . . . If it's not making the movie work, get rid of it.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Actors
Believe
Leaving
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When you're done shooting, the movie that you're going to release when you're done shooting is as bad as it will ever be. And then through editing, and finishing the effects and adding music, you get to make the movie better again. So I'm really hard on myself and on the movie.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Done
Editing
Finishing
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There is something about being a director where, for me personally, I get to . . . it's the closest I'll ever come to being able to be a stand up. And to use my particular sense of humor, and hear people laughing, without me having to stand up in front of an audience and tell jokes.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Directors
Laughing
People
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The first cut I do is usually between five and 10 minutes shorter then the cut that we release. Anything I think isn't working or might not work, I don't even put it in the director's cut. And usually it's the studio suggesting I put stuff back in, as opposed to studios saying, "You got to lose 40 minutes," they are always saying, "You've got to gain five minutes."
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Cutting
Directors
Thinking
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When I move from being a cameraman to being a director I looked at a lot of other cameramen who tried to make the move. And in each case they moved up their camera operator to be the DP, which really meant they didn't want to give up being the DP, and really wanted to do both. And my feeling was if I was going to succeed as a director, I had to just be a director and give up the safety net of being a cameraman.
Barry Sonnenfeld / Filmmaker
Giving Up
Moving
Safety
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