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There is something about being a director where, for me personally, I get to . . . it’s the closest I’ll ever come to being able to be a stand up.

Barry Sonnenfeld

We should all relax about life because you don’t have a clue as to what’s really going on.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Clue Going Life Relax
I haven’t read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Film Reviews Years
I’m an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Cutting Directors Finals
Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I’ve had some success making films about aliens, so this is a dream come true.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Dream Fascination Growing Up
The first cut I do is usually between five and 10 minutes shorter then the cut that we release.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Cutting Directors Thinking
By definition a sequel can’t be original. So you’ve got to figure out what worked the first time around.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Definitions Figure Firsts Skating
When I move from being a cameraman to being a director I looked at a lot of other cameramen who tried to make the move. And in each case they moved up their camera operator to be the DP, which really meant they didn’t want to give up being the DP, and really wanted to do both.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Cameramen Director Giving Make Move Moving Safety
The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Attempt Hate Suicide Views
Anything I think isn’t working or might not work, I don’t even put it in the director’s cut. And usually it’s the studio suggesting I put stuff back in, as opposed to studios saying, “You got to lose 40 minutes,” they are always saying, “You’ve got to gain five minutes.”
BARRY SONNENFELD

might Oppose Studious Stuff Suggest Work
And my feeling was if I was going to succeed as a director, I had to just be a director and give up the safety net of being a cameraman.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Cameramen Director Feeling Succeed
When you’re done shooting, the movie that you’re going to release when you’re done shooting is as bad as it will ever be.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Done Editing Finishing Release Shoot
There is something about being a director where, for me personally, I get to . . . it’s the closest I’ll ever come to being able to be a stand up.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Director Laughing People Personality
I’m not the one or two take guy, but I’m not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do a bunch of takes, like more than five or six, it’s usually for some technical reasons.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Bunch Guy More Six Take Two Usually
Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Black Celebrity Country Men Musician Popular Singer Told
I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Good Reviews Things Wife
It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Rehearsing Scar Scary

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