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> [When filmmakers are kept from making films, there's a lot of different reasons why. Sometimes you work on a film and cast it and do all the work and can be just a month away from shooting, and all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/when-filmmakers-are-kept-from-making-films-there-s-a-lot-of-different/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

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## More by Joe Dante

> [My generation remembered going to the movies as an event. We would see these things, we would bring them home, and we would think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/my-generation-remembered-going-to-the-movies-as-an-event-we-would-see/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [One of the things I've always tried to do is to inject myself as much as possible into the movie, so I feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/one-of-the-things-i-ve-always-tried-to-do-is-to-inject-myself-as-much/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [When you make a 3-D movie you actually have to plan the way the visuals look because there's a parallax issue, and there's an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/when-you-make-a-3-d-movie-you-actually-have-to-plan-the-way-the/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [I've always felt that I shouldn't make a movie if someone else could do it better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/i-ve-always-felt-that-i-shouldn-t-make-a-movie-if-someone-else-could/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [I think I entered the market around the time when there was getting to be less snobbery about the difference between feature films and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/i-think-i-entered-the-market-around-the-time-when-there-was-getting/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [I'm always looking for films, but the horror scripts that I get tend to be very repetitive and often not that interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/i-m-always-looking-for-films-but-the-horror-scripts-that-i-get-tend/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [There go the goddamn brownies!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/there-go-the-goddamn-brownies/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [When the first movie to show the anger people have about the war is a grade Z zombie movie, that tells you all you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/when-the-first-movie-to-show-the-anger-people-have-about-the-war-is-a/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [There's so little difference between television and features as far as you make the film. I mean, you have less money and it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/there-s-so-little-difference-between-television-and-features-as-far/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/i-don-t-believe-that-you-can-judge-the-worth-of-a-movie-in-the/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [I've sort of closed my mind off to reality shows: I just don't watch them, don't care about them, don't know who the characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/i-ve-sort-of-closed-my-mind-off-to-reality-shows-i-just-don-t-watch/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/i-mean-movies-are-all-geared-to-be-basically-under-25-and-they-re-all/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [Repetitiveness is one of the things that's most difficult to get away from in genre pictures, because people come specifically to see certain kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/repetitiveness-is-one-of-the-things-that-s-most-difficult-to-get-away/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [I love 'Evil Dead 2!' Who doesn't love 'Evil Dead 2?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/i-love-evil-dead-2-who-doesn-t-love-evil-dead-2/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

> [Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/editing-is-where-movies-are-made-or-broken-many-a-film-has-been-saved/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

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