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> [ You hear again and again that audiences want to see movies that are different and critics say we \[directors\] make the same thing again and again in Hollywood, then you go and make something different and you get kicked in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/you-hear-again-and-again-that-audiences-want-to-see-movies-that-are/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

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## More by David Ayer

> [You make a movie and it's like convincing people to go on an expedition with you. You think you know where it's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/you-make-a-movie-and-it-s-like-convincing-people-to-go-on-an/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [The movie on the screen is always going to be different from the movie in your head. How it makes you feel is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/the-movie-on-the-screen-is-always-going-to-be-different-from-the/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [When you talk to people who have been in combat, there's a sensory overload that happens. The color becomes vivid. Sounds become more pronounced.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/when-you-talk-to-people-who-have-been-in-combat-there-s-a-sensory/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [The most terrifying thing in my life is a blank sheet of paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/the-most-terrifying-thing-in-my-life-is-a-blank-sheet-of-paper/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [I'm a veteran, and I come from a family of veterans and people who served in that war. And the stories that I heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/i-m-a-veteran-and-i-come-from-a-family-of-veterans-and-people-who/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [I think great acting is about inhabiting a skin and transforming yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/i-think-great-acting-is-about-inhabiting-a-skin-and-transforming/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [It was a distortion, a mercenary decision to create this parallel history in order to drive the movie for an American audience, Both my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/it-was-a-distortion-a-mercenary-decision-to-create-this-parallel/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [When I make a movie, it's almost a relief to get shooting 'cause the hell is over, or part of the hell is over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/when-i-make-a-movie-it-s-almost-a-relief-to-get-shooting-cause-the/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [You never know what you have until you put it in front of an audience. That's the truth. That's the truth of filmmaking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/you-never-know-what-you-have-until-you-put-it-in-front-of-an-audience/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [I'm one of those big believers that the movie comes together in the way it's supposed to be and that movies are fated to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/i-m-one-of-those-big-believers-that-the-movie-comes-together-in-the/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [To operate а tank as a crew, it's not about five individuals. It has to be one organism, composed of five people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/to-operate-tank-as-a-crew-it-s-not-about-five-individuals-it-has-to/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [ \[If\] you want to learn something about somebody, get into a fistfight. You'll learn more in five minutes than you will in five weeks… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/if-you-want-to-learn-something-about-somebody-get-into-a-fistfight/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/actors-are-insanely-competitive-and-they-hold-back-on-each-other-they/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [Even the scrutiny is good because it lets you know the world cares about your movie, and there is interest in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/even-the-scrutiny-is-good-because-it-lets-you-know-the-world-cares/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

> [That's the world of policing. I've met some bad-ass female cops, who are very cool people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ayer/that-s-the-world-of-policing-i-ve-met-some-bad-ass-female-cops-who/)

[David Ayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ayer/)

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