When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
I thought this was the most incredible opportunity. Because 'Planet Of The Apes,' aside from the fantasy element of talking apes, is such an… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
My main interest in being a director, and the most important thing to me, is that world with the actors. — Matt Reeves Copy Share
I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being singled out, that you're being chosen. As a… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
There's tremendous shame with being bullied. I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being singled out,… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
Of course you're nervous, but we're really excited to be able to share what we're going to share. And it's cool, because what we're… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
It's the idea that anticipation is as scary as anything in a movie could be. People's imagination is the most effective tool in creating… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally. — Matt Reeves Copy Share
There's a thing when you're always working on something you really love, and this one we loved so much, it feels like you have… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
I was obsessed with movies, and it ended up being the tool with which I could make friends. Because I was too painfully shy… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
What I thought was so great about Rise [of the Planet of the Apes ] was that it wasn't a retelling; it was an… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
When you think of the "Exorcist" (1973) you think of Linda Blair and pea soup and all this madness, but really if you look… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
In a weird way, if you look at all the 'Apes' movies, they all seem like different stories in the same universe. 'Beneath the… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
It's that we're experiencing emotion through photo-real apes, and that's really holding a mirror up to who we are. It's interesting, because as we're… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the characters don't… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
It's funny, people don't think of 'Cloverfield' as being restrained because it's a handycam movie, but the only reason it's a handycam movie is… — Matt Reeves Copy Share
