Quotes by David Twohy - Page 1

I went to Long Beach State, started out as an actor.
David Twohy / Film Director
Beach
Long Beach
Actor
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I guess you don't make any franchise movies unless the fans are there.
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Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.
David Twohy / Film Director
Actors
Character
Nice
Actor
Open
Bring
Leave
Nuances
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When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!
David Twohy / Film Director
Legal
Care
Paperwork
Stuff
Taken
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To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?
David Twohy / Film Director
Bad Things
Come Up
Bad Thing
Reach
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There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.
David Twohy / Film Director
Running
Embrace
Fiction
Kind
Science Fiction
Science Science Fiction Fiction
Cliches
Trappings
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I don't want to have so much humor [in films] that it undermines the jeopardy, but enough to sometime relieve tension.
David Twohy / Film Director
Enough
Film
Want
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I'm always coming back with too much footage. Most filmmakers do, but I'm always surprised that it keeps happening to me.
David Twohy / Film Director
Footage
Me Always Back
Happening
Surprised
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Theres 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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Diversity
Opinion
Want
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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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Opinion
Aside
Ultimately
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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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Cutting
Thinking
Writing
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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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Effects
Scripts
Visual Effects
Visuals
Visual
Afford
Budget
Storyboard
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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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Credit
Diesel
Smart
Count
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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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Produce
Directing
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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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Drama
Science Fiction
Rules
Daunting
Some People
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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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Familiar
Fiction
Trying
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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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Familiar
Futuristic
Science Fiction
Science Movies Science Fiction
Science Movies Always
Blend
Grab
Onto
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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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Enough
Way
Writing
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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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Independent
Together
Want
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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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Cutting
Firsts
Two
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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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Hands
People
Wall
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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.
David Twohy / Film Director
Big Movie
Enough Time
Fewer
Scene
Shooting
Time Yourself Day
Option
Edit
In Other Words
Smaller
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With an independent movie, it's like, 'Okay I know what I want, and I got to go for it.' I just got to get the A version of this. Occasionally we'll try a B version, but not often. We'll just get what's scripted and try to do that as best we can, so you sort of edit while you shoot an independent movie.
David Twohy / Film Director
Independent
Okay
Version
Edit
Best Know Try
Go For It
Occasionally
Scripted
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While you're making the film and working with the actors, if you want to have a little room to breathe and experiment and play, it grows, and you want that to happen. It's not enough to just shoot the script. You've gotta come up with new inspiration, as you shoot it. There's gotta be room for that and time for that, so it grows.
David Twohy / Film Director
Actors
Inspiration
Play
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Had we had all the money in the world to spend and we were doing another studio movie, we probably would have jumped quickly into the Necromonger universe and done an Orpheus Descending movie there. We didn't have that kind of resource. So, we said, this time, "If not that, this time, then what is it? What does this new movie look like?" Quickly, just in talking about it very simply with Vin [Diesel] in his kitchen, we decided on a survival, left-for-dead story, where Riddick could, as a character, reclaim the animal side.
David Twohy / Film Director
Animal
Character
Talking
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