When we shot "Stargate," he [ Jaye Davidson] came up to me at one point and said, "I don't like shooting movies," and I said, "Why?" "Too many people stare at me." I said, "Then you're totally in the wrong business." Roland Emmerich More Quotes by Roland Emmerich More Quotes From Roland Emmerich Nobody makes movies bad on purpose. Roland Emmerich movie actors purpose I'm a filmmaker, not a scientist. Roland Emmerich filmmaker scientist I try to put in every one of my movies some sort of message. I don't want to overdo it, because I don't want people to get annoyed by it, but it's good to have a message. Roland Emmerich annoyed trying people That one [in "2012"] was different because it was all CG, getting washed away by water. In "Independence Day," everything was still done in models, built in a certain scale out of plaster, and packing tons and tons of little explosives and charges in there. We had a second one in case it didn't work the first time, but it worked the first time. Roland Emmerich independence different water Do not fear. Some things will never change. Roland Emmerich never-change do-not-fear fear When you find something where you can give people a message and still make it an exciting movie, you get very, very excited about something. You probably even work harder than you normally do. Roland Emmerich hard-work giving people I'm only a stupid filmmaker. Roland Emmerich filmmaker stupid I also, since we have digital cameras, the blue screen composites are so good that I would rather shoot on a stage than there, especially the complicated sequences. The sun never sets in a studio stage. Roland Emmerich digital cameras blue Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders. Roland Emmerich nations worst knows It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies. Roland Emmerich hollywood obsession hate I think sport in general affects what people see in movies. I always try to explain to people in Hollywood that we have to make movies more like sport because, in sport, everything can happen and it's so much better than movies in some ways. Roland Emmerich sports people thinking It's still the White House exploding [in "Independence Day"]. It was just so provocative, and no one had ever done it before. I remember when we shot it, how everyone was excited. Roland Emmerich independence white house There's a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both. Roland Emmerich hollywood snow water There's not really much destruction in New York besides the weather and it's a natural force so it's not like any destruction. But LA gets leveled (laughs). That's my comment to Hollywood. Roland Emmerich new-york weather laughing I'm doing a much smaller movie. It's set in Germany and it's a totally different subject matter. I'm trying to break it up. Roland Emmerich germany different trying Actually, when I did "10,000 B.C.," in the middle of production, I wanted to quit my job, because everything went wrong. Roland Emmerich quitting middle jobs ["2012"] it was really more about the subject matter, and to do a modern retelling of Noah's Ark, a flood story. Roland Emmerich ark matter stories In the end [of the "2012"], there were no ships, no water, no nothing. Only the interiors [were real]. Everything else had to be made, and that is always challenging. Roland Emmerich real challenges water In the first earthquake scene [ in "2012"], there was only a limo and a plane. That was it. There was nothing else there, so everything had to be created in the computer, and that's always very difficult. Roland Emmerich limos earthquakes firsts I'm finished with destroying for a while. It's not like I'm running around saying, 'What else can I destroy?' Roland Emmerich finished destroying running
