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title: "10 Fantastic Beasts Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [About 10 minutes before I found out that I had landed 'Fantastic Beasts', I got a residual check in the mail for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-waterston/about-10-minutes-before-i-found-out-that-i-had-landed-fantastic/)

[Katherine Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-waterston/)

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> [ I didn't work with any of the beasts \[ "Fantastic Beasts"\], I didn't have much green screen, but I loved working on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-didn-t-work-with-any-of-the-beasts-fantastic-beasts-i-didn-t-have/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

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> [The first time I saw J.K. Rowling, I was sitting across from her at the 'Fantastic Beasts' table read, and I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-kim/the-first-time-i-saw-j-k-rowling-i-was-sitting-across-from-her-at-the/)

[Claudia Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-kim/)

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> [Fantastic Beasts, to in any way be associated with that world was amazing, especially having been such a huge fan of JK…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-darri-olafsson/fantastic-beasts-to-in-any-way-be-associated-with-that-world-was/)

[Olafur Darri Olafsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-darri-olafsson/)

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> [For me, the biggest thing was writing memorable themes for the new characters so that ultimately people would have the same identification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-newton-howard/for-me-the-biggest-thing-was-writing-memorable-themes-for-the-new/)

[James Newton Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-newton-howard/)

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> [One of my biggest goals in writing the music for 'Fantastic Beasts' was to create memorable melodies. J.K. Rowling's world has always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-newton-howard/one-of-my-biggest-goals-in-writing-the-music-for-fantastic-beasts-was/)

[James Newton Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-newton-howard/)

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> [I'd always said never say never, because I knew that Warner Brothers wanted to do something with "Fantastic Beasts," and I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/i-d-always-said-never-say-never-because-i-knew-that-warner-brothers/)

[J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/)

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> [Diversity has definitely been increasing, but still we have the issue of inclusion, and that is why I am so grateful about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-kim/diversity-has-definitely-been-increasing-but-still-we-have-the-issue/)

[Claudia Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-kim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/claudia-kim-17202_am_diversity-has-definitely-been-increasing_2621000.jpg)

> [The thing about 'Fantastic Beasts' is that it's in the wizarding world, in J.K. Rowling's world, but it's not a Harry Potter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-newton-howard/the-thing-about-fantastic-beasts-is-that-it-s-in-the-wizarding-world/)

[James Newton Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-newton-howard/)

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> [“Titles available in the Harry Potter series (in reading order): Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/titles-available-in-the-harry-potter-series-in-reading-order-harry/)

[J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/)

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