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> [It was about the compelling need to make countries get along to prevent war, in contrast with the totally petty and selfish bullshit that drives the individuals who are supposedly in charge of these countries. It's hard to believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-roach/it-was-about-the-compelling-need-to-make-countries-get-along-to/)

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

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## 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/)

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