Dean Devlin

I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking.

— Dean Devlin

The scale of 'Independence Day' is much more than 'Stargate.'

— Dean Devlin

I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point!

— Dean Devlin

Most young American actors feel like teenagers.

— Dean Devlin

I just make the movies I want to see. I've always been that way.

— Dean Devlin

That transcends everything - skipping the transfer of dailies is a game-changer.

— Dean Devlin

In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers.

— Dean Devlin

I don't think of myself as a former actor. I think of myself as a reformed actor.

— Dean Devlin

We all want our children to be terrific, but you can't force a child into being what you want it to be.

— Dean Devlin

There are an enormous amount of techniques I wanted to beta test in television. You can't take those risks on a $100…

— Dean Devlin

These audiences are so damn smart, way smarter than the studios give them credit for.

— Dean Devlin

I don't think these weather conditions are going to get better on their own.

— Dean Devlin

Portland has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a small town, so that…

— Dean Devlin

We've always had a simple philosophy in casting. We don't care if somebody's a big star or a little star. We just…

— Dean Devlin

John Rogers has an encyclopedic mind. Having John as our showrunner is the gift that keeps on giving. He knows more trivial…

— Dean Devlin

We're so specialized now in our entertainment. It's nice to do a show where you're really circling back to this idea of,…

— Dean Devlin

Kurt Russell is the guy you know. He's not something out of a weight-lifting magazine or a cartoon character. The closest thing…

— Dean Devlin

We're going to come back to Oregon, whether it's with another show, or a pilot, or a movie. We love working up…

— Dean Devlin

“Everyone loses faith at some point. Take me for example. I haven't spoken to God since your mother died... But sometimes, you…

— Dean Devlin

We are cannibalizing our audience by only giving them regurgitated material. Every movie is either a remake, a sequel, based on something…

— Dean Devlin

When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead.…

— Dean Devlin

Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets.

— Dean Devlin

I love what they do with 'Doctor Who,' where they have the series, and then they do a big Christmas movie special.

— Dean Devlin

I've always lived by this philosophy, when it comes to conspiracies, never to attribute to deviousness that which can be explained by…

— Dean Devlin

'The Book of Love' is the kind of James L. Brooks mainstream movie that the majors are ignoring.

— Dean Devlin

There's a real difference now in what you can get out of film and the rise of digital platforms.

— Dean Devlin

If you were around when 'Them!' or 'Tarantula' came out, those effects were as good as you had ever seen.

— Dean Devlin

There is a renaissance of really great genre entertainment happening. But it's become incredibly audience-specific.

— Dean Devlin

It's always hard to watch something you create be put in somebody else's hands.

— Dean Devlin

We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.

— Dean Devlin

The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction.

— Dean Devlin

I think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad.

— Dean Devlin

I would love it if the whole 'Godzilla' franchise was revitalized for a new generation.

— Dean Devlin

I think there's a lot of factors that go into the whole awards thing. I've never been that big a fan of…

— Dean Devlin

Spielberg is our hero. For him to make a nod to 'Godzilla' just before we make our movie is like getting the…

— Dean Devlin

I've always said that I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I could make a great movie about him if I set…

— Dean Devlin

We had an amazing experience shooting the first season of 'Leverage' with such a talented cast and crew and with the full…

— Dean Devlin

As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.

— Dean Devlin

We make movies that crack us up and hope that they crack up other people, too.

— Dean Devlin

Had the car companies continued to do generation two, generation three, generation four of the EV-1, we'd be looking at a spectacular…

— Dean Devlin