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Barry Sonnenfeld

"By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around."

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"By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around."

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"Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever."

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"Today is a gift. Today is all I have. I be fully awake in today."

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"Time passes..and a billion lives are affected in ways we'll never know."

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"I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will."
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"I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!"
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"They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh."
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"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."
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"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."
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"I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct."
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"Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines."
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"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."
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"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."
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"When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh."
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