Doug Liman

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

— Doug Liman

If you go to a restaurant with Tom Cruise, it's like walking in with Santa Claus. Everybody is in a better mood…

— Doug Liman

I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

— Doug Liman

The one thing about reality is sometimes it gives you material that is wilder than some of your wildest imagination could come…

— Doug Liman

I've got a short attention span, so it makes sense that I like movies because, for the most part, they immerse you…

— Doug Liman

I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film.

— Doug Liman

If I'm not in love with the script, there's nothing. It doesn't matter what you give me. It has to start with…

— Doug Liman

I have a rebellious nature, and being told no is almost the surest way to get me to do something.

— Doug Liman

I don't necessarily think that having more money helps make you make a better film. Sometimes having less money is better. You're…

— Doug Liman

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

— Doug Liman

The reality is, the movies that were most impactful to me growing up, when I decided I wanted to make movies, I…

— Doug Liman

Ultimately, if you look at the characters in my films, you'll see a lot of similarities going all the way back to…

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There would be no Marvel without 'Swingers'; there would be no Jon Favreau directing 'Iron Man,' no Robert Downey Jr. playing Iron…

— Doug Liman

In movies, you can basically buy the audience into the theater. If you spend enough money on visual effects, even if you…

— Doug Liman

All of my fellow directors, I think, would agree that in whatever medium you are working, the challenges and obstacles push them…

— Doug Liman

I really love the movies of Katherine Hepburn, movies like 'The African Queen.' I love 'Midnight Run' and I suppose, to pick…

— Doug Liman

When you make a war movie, the other side has to be the enemy. You're making a war movie from the point…

— Doug Liman

I don't really make movies with an intention other than asking myself, 'Do I love the character, and do I love the…

— Doug Liman

I'll just say that there are certain people who continue to be hired in Hollywood, and that leaves me truly shocked.

— Doug Liman

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

— Doug Liman

I've really pushed the limits of what you can get away with at big studios, and I've been extremely well-supported.

— Doug Liman

Normally, the action is just a gratuitous thing. In the case of Bourne, he was going to learn about himself in the…

— Doug Liman

I do take things away from reading reviews. I think they keep you honest.

— Doug Liman

VR is so immersive, and when it works, it draws you into the story in a way that is truly unique and…

— Doug Liman

It's kind of hard to work with Tom Cruise and not be aware that you're working with one of the biggest movie…

— Doug Liman

Obviously, anyone who has seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith knows that husband and wife married spies is something that I find particularly…

— Doug Liman

I don't really analyze my process. I do know that if it's not right, I won't move on. I'm tenacious to a…

— Doug Liman

I've always been interested in giving the audience a first-person experience in my movies.

— Doug Liman

We love movies like 'Edge of Tomorrow.' It's why we go to the movies, and it's why we make movies.

— Doug Liman

I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the…

— Doug Liman

A movie like 'Edge of Tomorrow' is so huge and complex - the spectacle and action is all-consuming - and that on…

— Doug Liman

I never want to repeat myself. I can't imagine anything else as upsetting as realizing I'm redoing something I did before. For…

— Doug Liman

If you do something that's really original, you discover why everybody else does it the other way, usually. There's a reason cliches…

— Doug Liman

Normally in spy movies, the person that the hero deals with is at the centre of power, surrounded by video screens, and…

— Doug Liman

The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone…

— Doug Liman

In particular, I'm drawn to the stories that have big, high concepts and real characters at their heart. And I love where…

— Doug Liman

Sometimes there are films like 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' which turned out better than it deserved to be, but in the case…

— Doug Liman

I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I made 'The Bourne Identity,' and…

— Doug Liman

What happened on 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith,' I was given a big budget and given too many choices, and I made a…

— Doug Liman

I think of myself as making independent films within the studio system. Yes, I've made movies with significantly larger budgets, and I've…

— Doug Liman