When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.' — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother - a Holocaust… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business. — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
I've worked with a hundred of the biggest artists in the world, from Madonna to Mariah Carey, and he [Michael Jackson] is just beyond.… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
You can't reinvent the wheel. You've got to just take the best from all the other shows and try to make it work, because… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one. — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
I'd want to marry Cate Blanchett, date Kate Bosworth, and spend the weekend with Elisha Cuthbert. — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
I did New York, I Love You which is a very personal film for me. My most personal film, but it's not like a… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
Woody Allen is in his '70s and he's making movies, so I look forward to getting there. — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
The producer can put something together, package it, oversee it, give input. I'm the kind of producer that likes to take a back seat… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
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