Barry Sonnenfeld Quotes

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• By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
• I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
• I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate…
• Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had…
• These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate…
• The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane,…
• Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I've had some success making films about aliens, so this is a dream…
• It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
• They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
• Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big…
• We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
• I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not…
• I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
• I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is…
• There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to…
• When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get…
• Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines.

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