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Jan de Bont

"I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work."

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"I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work."

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"That most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man"."

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"The world system is employment."

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"Police officers are poorly paid for a very stressful job that has them in very high powered radio frequency (RF) fields and in a daily environment that may result in them being assaulted, maimed or killed."

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"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."

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"Do not be weary to make money."

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"My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer."

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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

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"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live."

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A.E. Samaan

"Next to us is not the workman whom we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are."

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"Be robust enough to work more than a robot!"

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"One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day."
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"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."
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"I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles."
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"Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her."
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"I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life."
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"I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear."
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"I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters."
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"Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing."
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"Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop."
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"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."
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