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title: "3 Dan Joseph Decker Quotes"
description: "Dan Joseph Decker has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings."
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# Dan Joseph Decker

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##  Quotes by Dan Joseph Decker

> [“If every minute of time elapsed on the screen equals in length of time every other minute, and obviously it does, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-joseph-decker/if-every-minute-of-time-elapsed-on-the-screen-equals-in-length-of/)

[Dan Joseph Decker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-joseph-decker/)

[Engaging](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/engaging/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/dan-joseph-decker-76653_engaging_if-every-minute-of-time-elapsed-on-the-s_449873.jpg)

> [“In a movie, people only talk when they want something. If your characters are not pursuing their needs in the scene, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-joseph-decker/in-a-movie-people-only-talk-when-they-want-something-if-your/)

[Dan Joseph Decker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-joseph-decker/)

[Construction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/construction/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/dan-joseph-decker-76653_construction_in-a-movie-people-only-talk-when-they-wa_2900660.jpg)

> [“Plot is a by-product of Character.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-joseph-decker/plot-is-a-by-product-of-character/)

[Dan Joseph Decker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-joseph-decker/)

[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/dan-joseph-decker-76653_character_plot-is-a-by-product-of-character-308991_3089913.jpg)

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