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> [If you need to do a movie where you have an army of 10,000 soldiers, that's a very difficult thing to shoot for real. It's very expensive, but as computer graphics techniques make that cheaper, it'll be more possible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/if-you-need-to-do-a-movie-where-you-have-an-army-of-10-000-soldiers/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

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## More by John Knoll

> [I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion control camera…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/i-started-off-as-a-model-maker-so-the-first-part-of-my-career-was-a/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> ['Pacific Rim,' for me, was a chance to touch on those old Toho monster movies. 'Godzilla' and 'Rodan'... and then 'Ultraman' and 'Robotech' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/pacific-rim-for-me-was-a-chance-to-touch-on-those-old-toho-monster/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [If you need to do a movie where you have an army of 10,000 soldiers, that's a very difficult thing to shoot for real.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/if-you-need-to-do-a-movie-where-you-have-an-army-of-10-000-soldiers/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [A lot of filmmakers understand that the work is done digitally, and it's technically possible to change it late in the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/a-lot-of-filmmakers-understand-that-the-work-is-done-digitally-and-it/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [Eighty percent of my job is to ask the question, 'If this were real, what would it look like?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/eighty-percent-of-my-job-is-to-ask-the-question-if-this-were-real/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [I came in during the era of models, motion control, and optical printers. ILM had just started its own computer graphics division, after the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/i-came-in-during-the-era-of-models-motion-control-and-optical/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [A lot of us got into the industry because of 'Star Wars,' and we all have this love of the original source material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/a-lot-of-us-got-into-the-industry-because-of-star-wars-and-we-all/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [If you were a new guy at ILM, they put you on the night crew - my shift was from 7 P.M. to about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/if-you-were-a-new-guy-at-ilm-they-put-you-on-the-night-crew-my-shift/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [Often if a picture is in trouble one way or another, there are ways to salvage it, through reshoots or whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/often-if-a-picture-is-in-trouble-one-way-or-another-there-are-ways-to/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [Any tool can be used for good or bad. It's really the ethics of the artist using it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/any-tool-can-be-used-for-good-or-bad-it-s-really-the-ethics-of-the/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [When I was a kid, one of my hobbies was as model-maker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/when-i-was-a-kid-one-of-my-hobbies-was-as-model-maker/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [Part of the process is always, 'Is there a better way?' We try to think through if there's something we can do better creatively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/part-of-the-process-is-always-is-there-a-better-way-we-try-to-think/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [ILM was the first company that I had worked at that had a computer-graphics division.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/ilm-was-the-first-company-that-i-had-worked-at-that-had-a-computer/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [Visual-effects shots should flow into the rest of the live action, and you shouldn't be able to see a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/visual-effects-shots-should-flow-into-the-rest-of-the-live-action-and/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

> [There are things that I am nostalgic about from the 'good old days.' I loved motion control cameras, actually. I love the way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knoll/there-are-things-that-i-am-nostalgic-about-from-the-good-old-days-i/)

[John Knoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knoll/)

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