Gore Verbinski quotes
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“I just watched so many Westerns as a kid that you end up using archetypes and sort of tropes of that genre, because there's a language there and you can twist it and turn it on its head or play to it or go sideways at any time.”
-- Gore VerbinskiSource : "Interview With Rango Director Gore Verbinski". Interview with Cindy White, www.ign.com. July 15, 2011.
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“I think people imagine going back to a time when they knew who they were and they knew what the circumstances were - if you screwed up it was your fault.”
-- Gore VerbinskiSource : "‘Rango’ Director Gore Verbinski Reveals The Top Ten Inspirations Of His Oscar-Contending Animated Feature Film" by Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. February 13, 2012.
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“The curse is an incredible set of blue balls.”
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“Animated films are so precisely engineered - right down to forming lines of dialogue with words pulled from several different takes - how do you translate that spontaneity from the live-action to the digital realm?”
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“I just think it's growth when you pursue something you're not sure you can do.”
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“I think my parents gave me a love of learning; from there you set out on your own path.”
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“There is a sense that animated movies are suddenly a genre. I just don't believe they are; it's a technique to tell a story.”
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“All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.”
-- Gore VerbinskiSource : "Seven The Lone Ranger Photos with Commentary from Director Gore Verbinski" by B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. October 01, 2012.
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“For me, some of the happiest moments on a live-action film are the awkward moments. One actor says something to another actor. They didn't expect that performance from that actor; that affects their return performance.”
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“Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to understand the process that person has so you can get the most out of them, but I think you have to sort of manipulate that process with honesty.”
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“I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids. I remember flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz, and I grew up watching Monty Python. I think that kids can handle a lot more than we give them credit for, especially when it comes to the absurd.”
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“I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.”
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“It's a mistake for Hollywood to impose themselves on the gaming space. Not only is it arrogant, but it hasn't really worked.”
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“I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story.”
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“Everyone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much.”
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“I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.”
-- Gore VerbinskiSource : "Interview: 'Rango' Director Gore Verbinski". Interview with Ed Douglas, www.slashfilm.com. March 4, 2011.
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“Reading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me.”
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“Drama is drama, and it's really... if it's something small, you put a magnifying glass up to it; if it's something big, you use a wide lens.”
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“My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.”
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“I like horror movies, and in fact I like them even more now after making one. I just think they're much more liberating because you don't really have to apply a very strict logic.”
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“I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.”
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“I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.”
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“Nothing's occurring in animation - you manufacture everything.”
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“My agent called and said, 'How do you feel about a pirate movie? I mean, how often are you going to get that call? It's sort of the singularly most failed genre of our time, but I thought it had to be attempted one more time. I think there's something rebellious about pirates, something revolutionary about them. They came out of a time when things were oppressive; you could get hung for stealing a loaf of bread. For me, the Pirates films are about when it's right to break the rules to achieve what you want.”
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“I'd love to do a PG-13 animated adventure. It would be great.”
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“I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear”
-- Gore VerbinskiSource : "Gore Verbinski On Cancellation Of North Korea-Based Steve Carell Film" by Mike Fleming Jr., deadline.com. December 17, 2014.
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