Dean Devlin Quotes

People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.

Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and something I hope I'll never have to do.

The U.K. needs more first class studio space to encourage the growth of the film and TV sector.

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film of this scale. Our producer decided that for the film to really work it had to be in Kenya.

I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the energy is just phenomenal. Great crews here. All the technicians, all the artists that work in this industry. I've just been very happy with the body that we've been able to do, especially those films we shot here in New York City.

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.

I like to stay home. I don't want to be away shooting in Europe for six or eight months at a stretch.

New Mexico is the second Hollywood. No, it is, it is. They built all sorts of film studios.

When I first came to Oregon, the annual amount spent on production was $1 million to $1.5 million. By the time 'Leverage' was done, there had been over $100 million in production that year.

I've never felt that my job was difficult because I'm a woman. It's a difficult job regardless, and it's even more difficult in Lebanon because there's no film industry. There's no structure, funding, or institutions for filmmakers.

I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.

There's no need to live in L.A. Half of Hollywood's films are shot in London, anyway.

I think the public doesn't understand the rigors of shooting a show for an actor, much less when you're on location and away from home.

We're going to come back to Oregon, whether it's with another show, or a pilot, or a movie. We love working up there. I think it's got one of the most amazing talent pools of any state in the union.

It's not unknown that Vancouver is a huge destination for television and film. It has been for many years. It just seems to be that I'm drawn to the show that shoots in Vancouver.

When I signed on and went and did 'Catching Fire,' the majority of it was done in Atlanta for rebate reasons. Luckily, that worked because there's forest. There's old rail stations and factories and lots of stuff we can use and sound stages. For the tropical stuff, we went to Hawaii.

When you are being flown for a big movie, you are always looked after well.

Technically, you can learn everything on the set as an assistant director, and rather quickly.

My goal is to get a real film industry started in Washington. An actual one, not where features come to town and shoot second unit for a few days. I would love to get something started here. Hire local crews. People could work year-round and raise their families here.

We are able to create incredible set-pieces here in the US that TV shows often don't have the resources to create in the UK.

I truly believe Abu Dhabi is one of the world's best film locations, and I can't wait to come back.

I like to make movies in Texas because that's where I learned how to do it. I know the industry there, I know the people, I know the crews. But it's hard to make films in Texas.

I really like shooting in real locations.

Most film productions, when they're based at a place, they get, like, a 30-mile radius or a 30-minute radius to get out of the town. And once you go past that, your day starts to become shorter, and you have to start paying your drivers more, and everybody just gets paid more, and you have less time to shoot, and everything costs more.

Most of my work has been in L.A. or booked in L.A. and shot on location.