Dean Devlin Quotes

Godzilla. The big, green G-man has had a profound influence on my creative endeavors and imagination since I was blueberry-avoiding kid.

Godzilla's a monster for the '90s. He's been working out.

When I was a little girl, I used to watch a lot of monster movies, like 'Godzilla.' All those monster movies.

I don't know what it is about 'Godzilla,' but as far as I'm concerned, the more versions of it, the better.

Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally. Our starting point was 'Godzilla' - the original movie was released less than 10 years after Hiroshima, and it's a classic in Japan.

The Japanese, despite the trade deficit and their ability to build fabulous automobiles, still think that a guy in a monster suit is all that is needed for a monster movie.

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

Twenty years from now if there is some obscure Trivial Pursuit question, I am confident I will be the answer.

It's hard work, 'Doctor Who,' but let's be frank about it, I'm fortunate to be rewarded in the ways that I am. I don't just mean financially, I mean the nature of the part and everything that comes with it.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

I am recognized a lot for 'Clueless,' but I am recognized a great deal for 'The Princess Bride.' I don't know... maybe everybody who has seen that movie just goes out on the street.

There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.' Now they just say, 'Pay him!'

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.

Once the film came out everyone wanted me, including George Michael.

Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.

If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space.

Telephone operators recognize my voice before I give my name, and say, 'Sock it to Kilpatrick.'

When you look at our Godzilla, you won't feel any nostalgia.

I want to be so famous that I'm the pop-culture reference that people would make to try and be racist to me. So I'd be walking down the street, and someone would be, like, 'Hey, look at this Kumail Nanjiani.'

Any time someone stops me in the street and asks me for an autograph, pro wrestling gave me that.

You know how many times I have to witness the transition from, 'Oh, get away from that thug,' to, 'Oh, wait a minute, that's the guy from 'Weeds'! Hey, can I shake your hand?'

I'm proud of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name.

I commend Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for going out there for so many years and entertaining the people.

I don't typically pay attention to most things in life, let alone award season. Not because I think it's silly. I just don't typically get caught up in it.

I think cricket and cinema are two big entities in the country. If you are part of either, you are sorted.