Author: Joe Dante

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I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.

I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.

- Joe Dante

Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room.

Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room.

- Joe Dante

I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on.

I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on.

- Joe Dante

I don't think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject. No, I don't think it was ahead of its time. I think it was very much a product of its time.

I don't think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject. No, I don't think it was ahead of its time. I think it was very much a product of its time.

- Joe Dante

I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great.

I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great.

- Joe Dante

I grew up in New Jersey and my father was a golf pro, so I was groomed for sports, but I wasn't very good, so my interests lay elsewhere.

I grew up in New Jersey and my father was a golf pro, so I was groomed for sports, but I wasn't very good, so my interests lay elsewhere.

- Joe Dante

I love 'Evil Dead 2!' Who doesn't love 'Evil Dead 2?'

I love 'Evil Dead 2!' Who doesn't love 'Evil Dead 2?'

- Joe Dante

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