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> [The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/the-commentary-track-became-a-lot-like-the-movie-and-there-are-some/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

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> [I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/i-learn-so-much-from-watching-films-like-that-with-commentary-and/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/jay-roach-8154_cinema_i-learn-so-much-from-watching-films-like_1633339.png)

> [My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/my-favorite-laser-disk-ever-was-the-laser-disk-for-the-graduate-which/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/jay-roach-8154_comedy_my-favorite-laser-disk-ever-was-the-lase_2177548.jpg)

## More by Jay Roach

> [You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/you-could-get-in-rehearsals-pre-production-anything-that-would/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/but-i-always-reassure-them-that-as-far-as-my-contractual-rights-can/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [ That's why we had Louis C.K. portray the harder line Communist, to accuse \[Dalton\] Trumbo of being a hypocrite. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/that-s-why-we-had-louis-c-k-portray-the-harder-line-communist-to/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/it-was-an-interesting-process-trying-to-get-bob-to-talk-about-the/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're just trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/the-commentary-track-became-a-lot-like-the-movie-and-there-are-some/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [ For Bryan \[Cranston \] to go back in time and become this larger-than-life and somewhat theatrical guy, who performed his ideas and rhetoric in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/for-bryan-cranston-to-go-back-in-time-and-become-this-larger-than/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [When Dalton Trumbo and his friends joined the Communist Party it was 1943, and Russia was our ally in World War II. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/when-dalton-trumbo-and-his-friends-joined-the-communist-party-it-was/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/we-had-to-do-the-same-thing-here-to-top-that-sequel-was-quite-a-task/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/i-figure-if-it-s-turns-out-well-the-film-will-have-its-own-momentum/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [ \[Dalton\] Trumbo wrote this incredible pamphlet, almost on the level of Tom Paine's 'Common Sense,' called 'The Time of the Toad.' It's an exquisitely… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/dalton-trumbo-wrote-this-incredible-pamphlet-almost-on-the-level-of/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [People are willing to throw our civilization under the bus to discredit the existing system, without any proposed solution to the problems that they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/people-are-willing-to-throw-our-civilization-under-the-bus-to/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [I was very interested in politics in college and was heading to be a lawyer. I have a degree in economics and I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/i-was-very-interested-in-politics-in-college-and-was-heading-to-be-a/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [I like to shoot a lot of choices. I like a lot of stuff - and so I push to go faster, to shrink…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/i-like-to-shoot-a-lot-of-choices-i-like-a-lot-of-stuff-and-so-i-push/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [Sometimes perfecting the one thing can be the enemy of getting any traction on anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/sometimes-perfecting-the-one-thing-can-be-the-enemy-of-getting-any/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

> [ Mini-Me was the pint sized clone that was the perpetuation of Dr. Evil's own legacy \[in Austin Powers\]. That concept earned the sequel. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/mini-me-was-the-pint-sized-clone-that-was-the-perpetuation-of-dr-evil/)

[Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-roach/)

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