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> [I thought this was the most incredible opportunity. Because 'Planet Of The Apes,' aside from the fantasy element of talking apes, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/i-thought-this-was-the-most-incredible-opportunity-because-planet-of/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/matt-reeves-19952_actually_i-thought-this-was-the-most-incredible-o_213614.jpg)

> [It's crazy when you think about the 'Apes' franchise and how dark all of the endings are and how dark the movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/it-s-crazy-when-you-think-about-the-apes-franchise-and-how-dark-all/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/matt-reeves-19952_about_it-s-crazy-when-you-think-about-the-apes_1977859.jpg)

> [ I think the fun thing about this franchise \[Planet of Apes\], as storytellers, is that a lot of the franchises are very… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/i-think-the-fun-thing-about-this-franchise-planet-of-apes-as/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/matt-reeves-19952_apes_i-think-the-fun-thing-about-this-franchi_2938026.jpg)

## More by Matt Reeves

> [I thought this was the most incredible opportunity. Because 'Planet Of The Apes,' aside from the fantasy element of talking apes, is such an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/i-thought-this-was-the-most-incredible-opportunity-because-planet-of/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [My main interest in being a director, and the most important thing to me, is that world with the actors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/my-main-interest-in-being-a-director-and-the-most-important-thing-to/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being singled out, that you're being chosen. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/i-think-there-s-a-level-at-which-you-think-that-there-s-a-reason-that/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [There's tremendous shame with being bullied. I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being singled out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/there-s-tremendous-shame-with-being-bullied-i-think-there-s-a-level/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [Of course you're nervous, but we're really excited to be able to share what we're going to share. And it's cool, because what we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/of-course-you-re-nervous-but-we-re-really-excited-to-be-able-to-share/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [It's the idea that anticipation is as scary as anything in a movie could be. People's imagination is the most effective tool in creating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/it-s-the-idea-that-anticipation-is-as-scary-as-anything-in-a-movie/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/really-interesting-genre-films-especially-monster-movies-evoke-the/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [There's a thing when you're always working on something you really love, and this one we loved so much, it feels like you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/there-s-a-thing-when-you-re-always-working-on-something-you-really/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [I was obsessed with movies, and it ended up being the tool with which I could make friends. Because I was too painfully shy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/i-was-obsessed-with-movies-and-it-ended-up-being-the-tool-with-which/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [ What I thought was so great about Rise \[of the Planet of the Apes \] was that it wasn't a retelling; it was an… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/what-i-thought-was-so-great-about-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-was/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [When you think of the "Exorcist" (1973) you think of Linda Blair and pea soup and all this madness, but really if you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/when-you-think-of-the-exorcist-1973-you-think-of-linda-blair-and-pea/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [In a weird way, if you look at all the 'Apes' movies, they all seem like different stories in the same universe. 'Beneath the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/in-a-weird-way-if-you-look-at-all-the-apes-movies-they-all-seem-like/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [It's that we're experiencing emotion through photo-real apes, and that's really holding a mirror up to who we are. It's interesting, because as we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/it-s-that-we-re-experiencing-emotion-through-photo-real-apes-and-that/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> ['Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the characters don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/avatar-was-incredible-and-totally-groundbreaking-but-it-wasn-t-about/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

> [It's funny, people don't think of 'Cloverfield' as being restrained because it's a handycam movie, but the only reason it's a handycam movie is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/it-s-funny-people-don-t-think-of-cloverfield-as-being-restrained/)

[Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/)

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