Matt Reeves

I thought this was the most incredible opportunity. Because 'Planet Of The Apes,' aside from the fantasy element of talking apes, is…

— Matt Reeves

My main interest in being a director, and the most important thing to me, is that world with the actors.

— Matt Reeves

I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being singled out, that you're being chosen.…

— Matt Reeves

There's tremendous shame with being bullied. I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being…

— Matt Reeves

Of course you're nervous, but we're really excited to be able to share what we're going to share. And it's cool, because…

— Matt Reeves

It's the idea that anticipation is as scary as anything in a movie could be. People's imagination is the most effective tool…

— Matt Reeves

Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally.

— Matt Reeves

There's a thing when you're always working on something you really love, and this one we loved so much, it feels like…

— Matt Reeves

I was obsessed with movies, and it ended up being the tool with which I could make friends. Because I was too…

— Matt Reeves

What I thought was so great about Rise [of the Planet of the Apes ] was that it wasn't a retelling; it…

— Matt Reeves

When you think of the "Exorcist" (1973) you think of Linda Blair and pea soup and all this madness, but really if…

— Matt Reeves

In a weird way, if you look at all the 'Apes' movies, they all seem like different stories in the same universe.…

— Matt Reeves

It's that we're experiencing emotion through photo-real apes, and that's really holding a mirror up to who we are. It's interesting, because…

— Matt Reeves

'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the…

— Matt Reeves

It's funny, people don't think of 'Cloverfield' as being restrained because it's a handycam movie, but the only reason it's a handycam…

— Matt Reeves

I'm always looking for a reason to say no when I'm approached about a big studio tentpole because your fear is will…

— Matt Reeves

I never would have guessed I would be making science fiction and horror films.

— Matt Reeves

I remember watching the Blu-ray, and also when they first released it on DVD in the collection of all three movies of…

— Matt Reeves

That was one of the key things - when you asked the story about the writing of the story - one of…

— Matt Reeves

I wanted to explore the possibility that this could have become 'Planet of the Humans and the Apes' instead of just 'Planet…

— Matt Reeves

It's crazy when you think about the 'Apes' franchise and how dark all of the endings are and how dark the movies…

— Matt Reeves

As a kid, I was always mistaken for a girl. Before you reach that age where your sexuality starts to display itself,…

— Matt Reeves

When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for…

— Matt Reeves

People's imagination is the most effective tool in creating terror or dread.

— Matt Reeves

That movie [War for the Planet of the Apes] is incredibly engaging; it's what drives the emotion of all these films. So…

— Matt Reeves