Brian J. Smith Quotes

Stargate by far is the top of the pile when it comes to Sci-Fi. The quality is great. They have really good writers, production design, lighting, wardrobe.

It's always been the genres that fascinated me. I think great action movies and great thrillers are transformative.

I would love to do some type of action feature. That's my goal. A really cool, Transformers-type feature would be awesome.

I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.

Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether you're playing a tender love story that's set in a coffee shop or whether you're in 'The Avengers,' which is set in a Manhattan which is exploding.

Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is.

I would agree 'Paul' is a sci-fi genre movie. And a road movie.

I just want to see a good movie. Fortunately, good movies come in all sorts of genres.

They asked if I was interested in a role as a large alien in a movie.

I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.

'Jurassic Park' movies don't fit into a specific genre. They're sci-fi adventures that also have to be funny, emotional, and scary as hell. That takes a lot of construction, but it can't feel designed.

The guys on 'Game of Thrones' trust me implicitly to take care of the action stuff. I don't mess with their drama, but they allow me to come up with ideas like 'Hey, what if the giant had a bow? And what if he shot some guy off the wall?' With 'Constantine,' too, they really trust me to scare the audience.

The two things that matter the most to me: emotional resonance and rocket launchers. Party of Five, a brilliant show, and often made me cry uncontrollably, suffered ultimately from a lack of rocket launchers.

We love movies like 'Edge of Tomorrow.' It's why we go to the movies, and it's why we make movies.

I've never seen a 'Transporter' movie.

'Stargate SG-1' is one of Sci Fi's sure-fire hits. It's got one of the best ensemble casts on television and one of the best production teams as well.

On 'Ghost In The Shell,' I'm looking forward more to working with Scarlett Johannson and Rupert Sanders than portraying a lead!

I'm a huge fan of 'Predator.'

It's not stupid TV, it's not a reality program. It actually is complex. There's many layers to 'Heroes.'

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story. That seems to be forgotten. Many films today just rely on special effects and they have an explosion every five minutes. Who needs it? It's rather repetitious.

I love 'Lost' and 'Mission: Impossible III.'

When I was a kid, I saw 'Heavy Metal' the movie, and my mind was blown. I loved the idea that you could have all these different stories in different styles that are linked together.

There are so many sequels where everything between the special effects is just boring.

In 'Hope Never Dies', the fictional Obama and Biden go up against drug traffickers, outlaw bikers, and other seedy opponents. They're forced to use skills they didn't know they had. Or, to put it another way, unlike Jordan Peele's Obama, this Obama doesn't need an anger translator.

Everything I've tried to do at Laika, searching for an artful blend of darkness and light, intensity and warmth, humour and heart, I wanted to bring to the Transformers franchise.