Barry Sonnenfeld

I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

The first cut I do is usually between five and 10 minutes shorter then the cut that we release. Anything I think…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

There is something about being a director where, for me personally, I get to . . . it's the closest I'll ever…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

When you're done shooting, the movie that you're going to release when you're done shooting is as bad as it will ever…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

When I move from being a cameraman to being a director I looked at a lot of other cameramen who tried to…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

It always happens at the end that you're always under the gun because of various schedules and all that.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl.…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I've had some success making films about aliens, so this…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake.…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I don't believe in leaving a scene in because it was really hard to shoot, or because it's the reason you took…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I'm not the one or two take guy, but I'm not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.

— Barry Sonnenfeld