Lorenzo di Bonaventura

But fundamentally, I don't think of it as an alien-invasion movie; everybody's here, kind of, right? So, I think it's probably more…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

The action pictures I've been typically involved with, when somebody gets punched, you really feel the punching, and when somebody gets shot,…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I think that running a studio gave me an appetite for making a lot of different kinds of movies and it's given…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I used to do a stunt in almost every movie. When I became an executive, all the insurance guys freaked out.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I always believe, with any kind of hero, that you want to believe that their decision-making is right. That ultimately, I can…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

What I can't figure out is why we're not making more R-rated movies, actually.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

My backpack has seven or eight DVDs in it and four or five of them have been there three months and I'm…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I always consult five to ten people who are hardcore fans, to see how far I can push a role. When they…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

People laugh at me because I don't even know what I'm doing tomorrow.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

My experiences with the older audience and, selectively, the people I hang out with or run into, they all want to see…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Everybody has a background. Everybody has a past. Not everybody's the same person all the way through.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I think what's fun of making a Transformers movie is that it gets to be all of the above. I think, thematically,…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

As a filmmaker you have to keep asking yourself the question are we really going to impress them [audience] either by the…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Our world faces incredible economic uncertainty. The notion of what is a super power has evolved, and who actually can carry what…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

If a character dies, you should feel that. If a character accomplishes something, you should feel that. That's where you try to…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I'm not looking for is the audience going to like it [the film during the first screening] or not. I want to…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura