--- title: "1 Build Big Quotes By John Knoll" description: "1 Build Big quotes by John Knoll. Plus more from John Knoll and more Build Big sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/john-knoll-12156_big_i-ve-been-on-lots-of-movies-where-we-ve_1137155.jpg" --- > [I've been on lots of movies where we've done a lot of planning of sets - how much you build, and is this big enough, and will this get us what we need? - just with foam-core models.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/i-ve-been-on-lots-of-movies-where-we-ve-done-a-lot-of-planning-of/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/john-knoll-12156_big_i-ve-been-on-lots-of-movies-where-we-ve_1137155.jpg) ## More by John Knoll > [I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion control camera…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/i-started-off-as-a-model-maker-so-the-first-part-of-my-career-was-a/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > ['Pacific Rim,' for me, was a chance to touch on those old Toho monster movies. 'Godzilla' and 'Rodan'... and then 'Ultraman' and 'Robotech' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/pacific-rim-for-me-was-a-chance-to-touch-on-those-old-toho-monster/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [If you need to do a movie where you have an army of 10,000 soldiers, that's a very difficult thing to shoot for real.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/if-you-need-to-do-a-movie-where-you-have-an-army-of-10-000-soldiers/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [A lot of filmmakers understand that the work is done digitally, and it's technically possible to change it late in the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/a-lot-of-filmmakers-understand-that-the-work-is-done-digitally-and-it/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [Eighty percent of my job is to ask the question, 'If this were real, what would it look like?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/eighty-percent-of-my-job-is-to-ask-the-question-if-this-were-real/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [I came in during the era of models, motion control, and optical printers. ILM had just started its own computer graphics division, after the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/i-came-in-during-the-era-of-models-motion-control-and-optical/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [A lot of us got into the industry because of 'Star Wars,' and we all have this love of the original source material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/a-lot-of-us-got-into-the-industry-because-of-star-wars-and-we-all/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [If you were a new guy at ILM, they put you on the night crew - my shift was from 7 P.M. to about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/if-you-were-a-new-guy-at-ilm-they-put-you-on-the-night-crew-my-shift/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [Often if a picture is in trouble one way or another, there are ways to salvage it, through reshoots or whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/often-if-a-picture-is-in-trouble-one-way-or-another-there-are-ways-to/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [Any tool can be used for good or bad. It's really the ethics of the artist using it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/any-tool-can-be-used-for-good-or-bad-it-s-really-the-ethics-of-the/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [When I was a kid, one of my hobbies was as model-maker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/when-i-was-a-kid-one-of-my-hobbies-was-as-model-maker/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [Part of the process is always, 'Is there a better way?' We try to think through if there's something we can do better creatively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/part-of-the-process-is-always-is-there-a-better-way-we-try-to-think/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [ILM was the first company that I had worked at that had a computer-graphics division.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/ilm-was-the-first-company-that-i-had-worked-at-that-had-a-computer/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [Visual-effects shots should flow into the rest of the live action, and you shouldn't be able to see a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/visual-effects-shots-should-flow-into-the-rest-of-the-live-action-and/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) > [There are things that I am nostalgic about from the 'good old days.' I loved motion control cameras, actually. I love the way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/there-are-things-that-i-am-nostalgic-about-from-the-good-old-days-i/) [John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/build-big/john-knoll/#itemlist", "name": "1 Build Big Quotes By John Knoll", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been on lots of movies where we've done a lot of planning of sets - how much you build, and is this big enough, and will this get us what we need? - just with foam-core models.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Knoll" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/i-ve-been-on-lots-of-movies-where-we-ve-done-a-lot-of-planning-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/john-knoll-12156_big_i-ve-been-on-lots-of-movies-where-we-ve_1137155.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/john-knoll-12156_big_i-ve-been-on-lots-of-movies-where-we-ve_1137155.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/john-knoll-12156_big_i-ve-been-on-lots-of-movies-where-we-ve_1137155.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been on lots of movies where we've done a lot of planning of sets - how much you build, and is this big…” — John Knoll", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/build-big/john-knoll/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/build-big/john-knoll/", "name": "Build Big Quotes by John Knoll", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/build-big/john-knoll/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/john-knoll-12156_big_i-ve-been-on-lots-of-movies-where-we-ve_1137155.jpg" }, "description": "1 Build Big quotes by John Knoll. 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