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> [There's a very interesting article or symposium to be written on just the real difference between comedy filmmaking and non-comedy. Because, you know, when you work in comedy, you depend on audience screenings to tell you about your movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/there-s-a-very-interesting-article-or-symposium-to-be-written-on-just/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

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## More by Shawn Anthony Levy

> [If you go to any fight, whether MMA or boxing, there's a whole musical soundscape to these events. There's pre-event pump up/psych-up music, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/if-you-go-to-any-fight-whether-mma-or-boxing-there-s-a-whole-musical/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [Because I've never made this kind of movie before, so I've never even been to Comic-Con. And Hugh and Evangeline keep telling me, 'Oh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/because-i-ve-never-made-this-kind-of-movie-before-so-i-ve-never-even/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [One that we can admire aesthetically and participate viscerally in. So the goal here, and we've had some early, small screenings, what seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/one-that-we-can-admire-aesthetically-and-participate-viscerally-in-so/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [I think that, on the one hand, our audience, our culture is so savvy now to an assumption that teaser effects are not fully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/i-think-that-on-the-one-hand-our-audience-our-culture-is-so-savvy-now/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [The dozens of people working on this at Digital Domain, they knew that you couldn't get away with almost photo real, because we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/the-dozens-of-people-working-on-this-at-digital-domain-they-knew-that/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [ And this movie \[Real Steel\] definitely looks like nothing else I've made, which was the point. I think also, Evangeline and Hugh are such… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/and-this-movie-real-steel-definitely-looks-like-nothing-else-i-ve/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [I would say, while I think audiences are savvy enough, I think that the effects work in the teaser is quite a bit more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/i-would-say-while-i-think-audiences-are-savvy-enough-i-think-that-the/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [ We know it's being referred to as the robot boxing movie \[Real Steel\], but truth is, 70% of the movie is the relationships. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/we-know-it-s-being-referred-to-as-the-robot-boxing-movie-real-steel/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [To be very honest with you, there were two big factors: One was that we were initially coming out in that week before Thanksgiving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/to-be-very-honest-with-you-there-were-two-big-factors-one-was-that-we/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [I'm not sure that I could give notes to someone that I revere. That's a general challenge of directing, giving notes to someone you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/i-m-not-sure-that-i-could-give-notes-to-someone-that-i-revere-that-s/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [There is a reality to the way the actors play the scenes, given that there is a real, animatronic, moving robot in the room.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/there-is-a-reality-to-the-way-the-actors-play-the-scenes-given-that/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [I've learned that, I wouldn't say I've made that mistake, but I've learned on some of my other movies, like, you always want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/i-ve-learned-that-i-wouldn-t-say-i-ve-made-that-mistake-but-i-ve/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [ As opposed to a movie \[Real Steel\] where everything feels fantastical, it was really important to me, and I recognise it's not the first… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/as-opposed-to-a-movie-real-steel-where-everything-feels-fantastical/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [ Because to me, what is interesting about this movie \[Real Steel\] is its combination of relationship naturalism with. It's like a single conceit movie.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/because-to-me-what-is-interesting-about-this-movie-real-steel-is-its/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

> [There's a very interesting article or symposium to be written on just the real difference between comedy filmmaking and non-comedy. Because, you know, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-anthony-levy/there-s-a-very-interesting-article-or-symposium-to-be-written-on-just/)

[Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-anthony-levy/)

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