Jay Roach Quotes

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• I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me…
• I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible.
• But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval…
• I'm not one of these directors, so far, that wants to have a whole separate director's cut of these things. So far they've turned out…
• But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into…
• I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them…
• I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard to…
• On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in…
• The DVD does make it a little easier for myself to trim things that are otherwise very difficult to let loose of - knowing that…
• I've recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries.
• The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're just trying to…
• I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.
• My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a…
• I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.
• It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk…
• I hope we're all kind of influencing each other now to keep the quality up on those things. They seem to be getting better and…
• When I'm shooting, really the audience I'm thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and…
• Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think…
• You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things…
• We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and…

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