I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories. Brett Ratner More Quotes by Brett Ratner More Quotes From Brett Ratner When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element. Brett Ratner elements comfort trying When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong. Brett Ratner fearless failure risk They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up. Brett Ratner childhood taste artist There's no greater feeling than people coming up to me and going, "Man, my father was dying, and we went to see Rush Hour, and it was the greatest night we had in years together. We sat in that theater and we laughed for two hours without stopping. That was just a great memory that I had before my father died." Brett Ratner night memories father I fear God and respect God and love God. Brett Ratner god-and-love and-love god-love Less money sometimes allows you to be more creative. Brett Ratner creative sometimes I’m a hypochondriac. Before I go all the way, I send the girl to the doctor and check them for everything. My doctor has a test to tell if you’re going to catch something in the future even. Brett Ratner doctors tests girl Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job. When you're the director, you kinda do all the work. I'm actually going tonight to check the prints of my movie even though the premiere's tomorrow night. Brett Ratner different jobs night I learn from every movie I do because on every movie, I have a different experience. Brett Ratner different-experiences different I don't have any regrets. Brett Ratner regret The producer can put something together, package it, oversee it, give input. I'm the kind of producer that likes to take a back seat and let the director run with it. If he needs me, I'm there for him. As a director, I like to have the producer there with me. As a producer, I don't want to be there because I happen to be a director first and foremost, I don't want to "that guy." Brett Ratner guy running giving I hate the iPhone. I love the BlackBerry - BlackBerry wins in my opinion. The iPhone is a toy. Brett Ratner iphone hate winning Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body. Brett Ratner know-me bones body Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them. Brett Ratner rush-hour hours fans I personally can watch an eight-hour documentary on Woody Allen because I'm fascinated by him. But, an audience can't really sit through more than two and a half hours on any movie. It doesn't matter if Marlon Brando came back from the dead. It's just impossible. Brett Ratner eight half two I want to print books by people in the film industry. Brett Ratner want book people I love that feeling of going into a packed theater. Brett Ratner theater feelings I would love a robot butler. Brett Ratner butlers robots I did New York, I Love You which is a very personal film for me. My most personal film, but it's not like a film I've ever made. I would never do that film as a feature, for instance, because it's not very commercial of an idea. Brett Ratner new-york love-you ideas 'Vacation' means titillating my taste buds. Brett Ratner taste-buds vacation mean
