Sometimes perfecting the one thing can be the enemy of getting any traction on anything else. Jay Roach More Quotes by Jay Roach More Quotes From Jay Roach I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves. Jay Roach losing-control laughing people My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy. Jay Roach track guy criticism I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing. Jay Roach pushing-each-other pushing thinking When Ben Carson said that he would remove all federal funding for universities that had 'extreme political bias.' Who would decide what political bias was, and what is 'extreme'? That kind of policing of ideas has a striking resemblance to the black list, and that's what happened during that era. Jay Roach ben-carson political ideas It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say. Jay Roach shy trying interesting I hope we're all kind of influencing each other now to keep the quality up on those things. They seem to be getting better and better and better as there's not only sort of a film geek audience, there's also a general interest in the overall film consuming population. Jay Roach population get-better quality When I'm shooting, really the audience I'm thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience. Jay Roach shooting weekend thinking [Dalton] Trumbo wrote this incredible pamphlet, almost on the level of Tom Paine's 'Common Sense,' called 'The Time of the Toad.' It's an exquisitely written treatise regarding the black list era. Jay Roach common-sense black levels Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy. Jay Roach opportunity character thinking You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain. Jay Roach understanding worry people We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it. Jay Roach couple character ideas When something so unjust as the black list happened, [Dalton Trumbo] would come to life in a certain way. Jay Roach unjust black way I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it's a really great experience. Jay Roach great-experiences really-great film I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one. Jay Roach scripts firsts thinking The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A. Jay Roach track new-york long [ Dalton Trumbo] always said he fought so many fights, all seemingly different, but all about the concepts of fairness and justice. Jay Roach different fighting justice I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible. Jay Roach genre dramatic pieces But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing. Jay Roach appreciate approval rights I'm not one of these directors, so far, that wants to have a whole separate director's cut of these things. So far they've turned out to be kind of the length that they wanted to be. Jay Roach cutting want directors Dalton Trumbo was obsessed with justice. Jay Roach obsessed justice
