Barry Sonnenfeld Quotes
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.
We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.
I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.
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.
It always happens at the end that you're always under the gun because of various schedules and all that.
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.
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.
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. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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.
They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.