--- title: "4 Dawn Quotes By Zack Snyder" description: "4 Dawn quotes by Zack Snyder. Plus more from Zack Snyder and more Dawn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/zack-snyder-7129_back_to-go-back-the-mistake-that-universal-st_131087.jpg" --- > [To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/to-go-back-the-mistake-that-universal-studios-made-with-dawn-of-the/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/zack-snyder-7129_back_to-go-back-the-mistake-that-universal-st_131087.jpg) > [With Dawn I was afraid people would just think it's a B-movie and I didn't know what I was doing. That's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/with-dawn-i-was-afraid-people-would-just-think-it-s-a-b-movie-and-i/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/zack-snyder-7129_able_with-dawn-i-was-afraid-people-would-just_2165564.jpg) > [My personal success would be that people understand what I was trying to do. It was the most palatable when I watchmen\_7\_mdid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/my-personal-success-would-be-that-people-understand-what-i-was-trying/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/zack-snyder-7129_audience_my-personal-success-would-be-that-people_2214343.jpg) > [I aim my movies, as much as I can, at myself. I think that those movies have an interesting quality. They're very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/i-aim-my-movies-as-much-as-i-can-at-myself-i-think-that-those-movies/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/zack-snyder-7129_aim_i-aim-my-movies-as-much-as-i-can-at-myse_2238259.jpg) ## Other authors on Dawn - [Kamil Ali 31 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/kamil-ali/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/victor-hugo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-rabindranath-tagore-383.jpg) Rabindranath Tagore 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/rabindranath-tagore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/virginia-woolf/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephenie-meyer-87156.jpg) Stephenie Meyer 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/stephenie-meyer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/ronald-reagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-khalil-gibran-57009.jpg) Khalil Gibran 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/khalil-gibran/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-ruskin-52210.jpg) John Ruskin 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/john-ruskin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/haruki-murakami/) ## More by Zack Snyder > [I think up to this point, it's been difficult to suggest a world where Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman and others could exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/i-think-up-to-this-point-it-s-been-difficult-to-suggest-a-world-where/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [I think that, for me, Superman just seemed to make a lot of sense to me. After doing 'Watchmen,' it was - you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/i-think-that-for-me-superman-just-seemed-to-make-a-lot-of-sense-to-me/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/to-go-back-the-mistake-that-universal-studios-made-with-dawn-of-the/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [ I imagine the film \["300"\] as if I was a Spartan and I had never seen an immortal or a Persian, or an elephant… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/i-imagine-the-film-300-as-if-i-was-a-spartan-and-i-had-never-seen-an/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/the-eyes-get-lost-in-3-d-with-3-d-your-eyes-are-looking-for-the-plane/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [In the sense that Watchmen references movies, comic books, pop culture in general. It knows it's a movie. I really do like movies that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/in-the-sense-that-watchmen-references-movies-comic-books-pop-culture/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [I used to be a huge fan of Heavy Metal magazine growing up, and I was exposed to Cobalt there and fell in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/i-used-to-be-a-huge-fan-of-heavy-metal-magazine-growing-up-and-i-was/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [The truth is the music is really an incredible personal part of the movie. When I was drawing the storyboards for Watchmen, I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/the-truth-is-the-music-is-really-an-incredible-personal-part-of-the/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/you-know-it-s-a-hugely-difficult-thing-to-take-any-work-of-art-or/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [The thing about owls is that they do sort of have this facial disc, which is unlike any other bird. They kind of have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/the-thing-about-owls-is-that-they-do-sort-of-have-this-facial-disc/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [I mean, it's weird because people lately have been coming up to me and going, 'Oh, my God. '300' is huge.' I'm like, 'Really?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/i-mean-it-s-weird-because-people-lately-have-been-coming-up-to-me-and/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [People have a very proprietary relationship with Superman. It's important to respect the iconography and the canon, but at the same time, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/people-have-a-very-proprietary-relationship-with-superman-it-s-2/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [There's that weird and cool line that music can cross where it still gives you the goosebumps and you think it's cool but on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/there-s-that-weird-and-cool-line-that-music-can-cross-where-it-still/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [We've tried as hard as we can into keep the ideas intact in the hail storm that is Hollywood, so, whether he is or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/we-ve-tried-as-hard-as-we-can-into-keep-the-ideas-intact-in-the-hail/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) > [We do like digital projection. We like shooting on film, finishing digitally, and projection digitally. That's what I like best. It's still a movie.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/we-do-like-digital-projection-we-like-shooting-on-film-finishing/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dawn/zack-snyder/#itemlist", "name": "4 Dawn Quotes By Zack Snyder", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zack Snyder" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/to-go-back-the-mistake-that-universal-studios-made-with-dawn-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/zack-snyder-7129_back_to-go-back-the-mistake-that-universal-st_131087.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/zack-snyder-7129_back_to-go-back-the-mistake-that-universal-st_131087.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/zack-snyder-7129_back_to-go-back-the-mistake-that-universal-st_131087.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough…” — Zack Snyder", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With Dawn I was afraid people would just think it's a B-movie and I didn't know what I was doing. 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