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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

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

Film Reviews Years
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
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
These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Barely Graduate Kid Movie School Some
It always happens at the end that you’re always under the gun because of various schedules and all that.
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Ends Gun Happen Schedules
They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
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Figure Laughing Skating Want
It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
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Rehearsing Scar Scary
And then through editing, and finishing the effects and adding music, you get to make the movie better again. So I’m really hard on myself and on the movie.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Add Finish Movie Music Myself
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.
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Black Celebrity Country Men Musician Popular Singer Told
I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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Comedy Explain Learn Taught
I don’t believe in leaving a scene in because it was really hard to shoot, or because it’s the reason you took the movie, or because you always wanted to work with an actor . . . If it’s not making the movie work, get rid of it.
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Actors Believe Leave Leaving Scene
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
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.
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Cameramen Director Giving Make Move Moving Safety
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
I’m an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.
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Cutting Directors Finals
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.
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Good Reviews Things Wife

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