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David R. Ellis

"We're talking to New Line. They've got a couple projects they're interested in me doing and I'm having meetings at MGM. There's a lot of available projects."

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"We're talking to New Line. They've got a couple projects they're interested in me doing and I'm having meetings at MGM. There's a lot of available projects."

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"I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before."

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"I have kept a part of Catalina Productions going, through which I develop a few projects just for me."

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"The way I look at a solo project is, I create what I want with whoever I want."

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"I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me."

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"Today, we are not just launching a project that will irrigate land and light up homes. We are reviving a region, restoring hope, renewing life and redefining Afghanistan's future. The dam is a generator not just of electricity but also of optimism and belief in the future of Afghanistan."

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"Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit."

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"That was the producer who produced a couple of my solo albums. He produced my second, third and fourth solo albums. It was his project and I just joined him on it. I sang on one and played bass on another one."

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"I am such a pessimist that every project has surpassed what I envisioned."

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"I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on."

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"Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later."

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David R. Ellis
"It's just about going out and getting the shot, so I have a great understanding of how to execute it, so that really helps me, and also having a good understanding of all the action that I'm shooting, it helps me in determining how I'm going to capture it."
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"They had some really cool rigged cars and things that were different that they would tow behind the camera car that were actually on these trailers that manipulated side to side and stuff like they were getting hit, and actually put the actor right in the middle of the chase."
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"No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it."
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"Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero."
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"Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day."
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"Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common."
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"Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children."
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"I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep working with great directors, keep learning and knowing that the opportunity would come when the time was right."
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"Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't have to worry so much about the studio and all the other actors and all that."
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"They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to go up against Spider-Man 2 or some of the other big movies, the $100 million films that are coming up."
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