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I just don't know what makes a movie catch on and other ones don't.

Jerry Bruckheimer

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Jerry Bruckheimer
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 21
Executive Producer
Film Director
Film Producer
Television Producer
Detroit
Michigan
Jerome Leon Bruckheimer
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A psychology degree doesn't get you very far.
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Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.
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And yes, it is harder to make movies because budgets are getting smaller, and the companies stocks are down. The only good news on the horizon is that box office has been up by something like 23% from last year, which is great for us. It's still the cheapest form of entertainment.
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Well, I feel that we're kind of fortunate that this book gives the whole world a lesson in economics and how to get out of the mess that we're all in. It's basic message is to try and stop spending as much and try to release some of your assets to pay off your debt.
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If you live in a world of faith, this reaffirms your faith.
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The whole world has changed after September 11th.
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What I do is try to stay away from the hot subjects.
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I think you've got to be honest with yourself at what you're good at. That's the hardest thing to do.
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There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do.
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Sophie [Kinsella]'s writing just captivated me. We bought this eight years ago, before it became an international success and was only one book. Now there's five. So, we were very fortunate to latch onto a character who has since become an international success both as a novel and hopefully now as a movie.
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Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me.
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Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells trying to get them there.
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We love to entertain audiences and this picture does that - it's romantic, it's funny, it's got a nice message and I think it's a gift to the audience to be able to enjoy this movie.
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I only make movies I want to go see.
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I still that that movie-goers like the experience of leaving their homes and going to have a communal experience, especially in comedies or interactive things where you can get an audience reaction to.
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When I was a kid I started a baseball team. I was a terrible player, but I put together a group of neighborhood kids. I started a hockey team. I put the kids together and got a sponsor. So I can always kind of organize people and get things done.
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I love entertaining people and this is entertainment.
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I think I'm a great organizer. Not that I'm organized, but I'm a great organizer of other people.
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I think it's the source material. 27 Dresses was a famous book, and Devil Wears Prada was also a wonderful book, so it's coming out of the novelists who are really creating these wonderful female characters that we want to see on the big screen.
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Casting is so important, with any film you do. You have to get actors that you believe will fulfill the promise of the characters that are on the page.
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