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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

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
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
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
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
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.
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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.”
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might Oppose Studious Stuff Suggest Work
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
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
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
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
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
They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
BARRY SONNENFELD

Figure Laughing Skating Want
It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
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Rehearsing Scar Scary
And to use my particular sense of humor, and hear people laughing, without me having to stand up in front of an audience and tell jokes.
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Always Gun Joke Particular Sense The Audience
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.
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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.

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