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Jan de Bont

"When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted."

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"When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted."

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Akshay Vasu

"My first student film was Orientation, which was basically the set-up for Animal House. There are a couple of scenes that we later borrowed in some form."

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Akshay Vasu

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

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Akshay Vasu

"I know it's a film and all of that, and it's a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like this sometimes, when you're in pain and it hurts, and you're desperate. Or you are about to cross some moral line and it's so seductive and you just do... and all that."

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Akshay Vasu

"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."

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Akshay Vasu

"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."

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Akshay Vasu

"Looper is another great film."

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Akshay Vasu

"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."

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Akshay Vasu

"The director is the only person who knows what the film is about."

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Akshay Vasu

"In any film there's always a historical implication."

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Akshay Vasu

"For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave."

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Jan de Bont
"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."

Action

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Jan de Bont
"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."

Challenge

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Jan de Bont
"Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing."

Being

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Jan de Bont
"In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement."

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Jan de Bont
"I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear."

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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."

Travel

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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."

Movies

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Jan de Bont
"It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive."

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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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"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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