Dennis Muren Quotes

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world.

The good thing about feature films is that the budgets tend to scale.

While it's easy to sit back and cherry pick bad visual effects and blame the industry for making movies the way they are, you're really not seeing the whole picture.

I'm always kind of off to the next movie, and focused on making sure that the one I'm currently working on is as good as the one that's already on TV.

I never really understood how movies were made, because it was such a technical accomplishment.

Films are hard to make and I think the word indulge really leads one to believe that it's an easy sort of business and it's really extremely difficult.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

There are many applications for which film is going to be better, for a very long time.

I don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can't help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.

Hollywood is a special place; a place filled with creative geniuses - actors, screenwriters, directors, sound engineers, computer graphics specialists, lighting experts and so on. Working together, great art happens. But in the end, all artists depend on diverse audiences who can enjoy, be inspired by and support their work.

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

Big feature films are another world.

I am fortunate enough to have worked on, and continue to work on, evolutionary movies in all formats from just simple good story telling, which still matters most of all, to CG movies to tent-pole size 3D movies, and genre 3D movies like 'Piranha 3D.'

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.

I think what Hollywood has done for so long, is make movies for themselves.

Films are just consumables.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.

Nowadays, to get a movie greenlit, you have to make an incredible effort.

Hair and make-up people don't get enough credit for what they do. It's not just making people look good. It's really creating the character.

I want to go wherever there's great work. I'm a huge fan of film primarily. But you can get a great TV show and get attached to it. Making a great film is forever, though, so I always want to be part of film. It's my first love.

I like working on big budget films.

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.