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Jay Roach
American
Director
Born:
1957
About
Audience
Better
Film
Will
You
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The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted it and we could do something better.
Jay Roach
Success
Better
Unless
Bit
Something
Could
Had
Powers
Audience
Caught
Surprise
Austin
Austin Powers
Wanted
Decided
Little
Little Bit
Us
Even
Second
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
Love
Me
People
Losing
Feeling
Control
Addicted
Addiction
Pleasure
Laugh
Greater
Making
Am
Lot
Than
Sitting
Theater
Dysfunctional
Themselves
Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that's still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene.
Jay Roach
Struggle
Joy
Laughter
Bit
Find
Composure
Scene
Take
Part
Maintain
Underneath
Because
Becomes
Surface
Still
Controlled
Going
Repressed
After
Interesting
Little
Little Bit
Really
Next
Actually
But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it.
Jay Roach
Back
Laugh
Out
Scene
Cheap
Liked
Fell
Sort
Because
Audience
Still
Tank
Getting
Loved
Cut
Much
Whole
Right
Right Back
I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.
Jay Roach
Better
First
Think
Earned
Unless
First One
Than
Script
Should
Sequels
I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.
Jay Roach
Great
Think
Other
Pushing
Great Thing
Which
Each
Keep
Thing
My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.
Jay Roach
Director
Together
Will
Style
Sense
Design
Way
Cast
How
Overview
Role
Shoot
Movie
Biggest
Cut
Such A Way
Film
Keeping
Tone
The DVD does make it a little easier for myself to trim things that are otherwise very difficult to let loose of - knowing that they'll make it on the DVD.
Jay Roach
Myself
Difficult
Otherwise
Easier
Trim
Knowing
Make
Loose
Does
Very
Little
Things
We collaborate on everything. I'm involved in the writing and pre-production. There's a whole bunch of people who keep in touch at every step about everything.
Jay Roach
People
Writing
Every
Every Step
Collaborate
Everything
About
Touch
Step
Involved
Pre-Production
Bunch
Who
Whole
Keep
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
Good
Character
Me
Same Thing
Back
Humour
Top
Had
Ideas
Couple
Conceptual
Got
Task
Same
Quite
Which
Mike
Sequel
Thing
Here
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