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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 27 quotes by Joe Dante Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr. (/ˈdɑːnteɪ/; born November 28, 1946) is an American film director, producer, editor and actor. His films—notably Gremlins (1984)—often mix fantastical storylines with comedic elements. Dante's films include Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981) (both from scripts by John Sayles), Gremlins (1984) and its sequel (1990), Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), The 'Burbs (1989), Matinee (1993), Small Soldiers (1998), and Looney... Read full biography of Joe Dante → 1 2 3 Ctrl → Editing is kind of a solitary job. 0 Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort. 0 I think 'Pan's Labyrinth' is genius. 0 I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of... → 0 When I was growing up in the '60s I would have thought that westerns would last forever. 0 You don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them. 0 'Avatar' is the greatest, most comprehensive collection of movie cliches ever assembled, but it's put together in a brand new way with a... → 0 Repetitiveness is one of the things that's most difficult to get away from in genre pictures, because people come specifically to see certain... → 0 A lot of filmmakers from my generation were lucky enough to have their work more or less perpetuated by people who saw them originally on TV and on... → 0 My generation remembered going to the movies as an event. We would see these things, we would bring them home, and we would think about them for... → 0 I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly. 0 When you make a 3-D movie you actually have to plan the way the visuals look because there's a parallax issue, and there's an issue of... → 0 Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room. 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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