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38 quotes by Doug Liman

Douglas Eric "Doug" Liman (born July 24, 1965) is an American film director and producer best known for Swingers (1996), The Bourne Identity (2002), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Jumper (2008), Fair Game (2010), and Edge of Tomorrow (2014).
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To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

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I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't... →

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What I really found was that the one similarity between 'Covert Affairs' and 'Fair Game' is a deep love and admiration and... →

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I don't really analyze my process. I do know that if it's not right, I won't move on. I'm tenacious to a fault about that.

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I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film.

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The movie I end up with is the movie I aspired to make.

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I had just come off doing a lot of commercials when I did 'Go,' so a part of the fast pace and efficiency comes from the discipline I had to... →

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I understand that it's a huge luxury for people to dwell on the problems in Washington. Things have to be pretty tidy in your own life that you... →

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Somehow super power and hero are so synonymous that they get combined into one word, 'superhero,' whereas I'm kind of more interested in... →

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The more real I got on 'The Bourne Identity,' the more interesting it got. So 'Fair Game' was the chance to go a few more steps in... →

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I go into a movie sort of saying what it's not going to be.

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I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.

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I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

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