All David R. Ellis Quotes
- You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone… Action
- Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children. Children
- Comedy. I think that's something I'd really like to do. Comedy
- I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything. Almost Everything
- I like Soderbergh, Spielberg, Lucas. There's a lot of talented guys out there obviously, and if you're a fan of films, you have to look… Fan
- It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff. Blast
- Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common. Common
- I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was… Biggest
- No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car… Cab
- So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever. Car
- Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting… Best
- Yeah, getting the company that would help advertise and cross promote the movie on the release was an important factor for New Line, so we… Advertise
- Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you. Funny
- Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero. Almost One
- They had some really cool rigged cars and things that were different that they would tow behind the camera car that were actually on these… Actor
- So there was always a stunt coordinator on those films that was from Stunts Unlimited and I was just one of the young warriors from… Big
- I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep… Directors
- I mean, you have a general tone of it but it's pretty much you get to come in and you're going to flip this car… Blow
- It's just about going out and getting the shot, so I have a great understanding of how to execute it, so that really helps me,… Action
- No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like… Actual
- They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to… Big
- We're talking to New Line. They've got a couple projects they're interested in me doing and I'm having meetings at MGM. There's a lot of… Available
- Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't have to worry so much about the studio… Actor
- You don't get a chance to take a breath but when you do, you have some really good comedy moments that ease up on the… Breath