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Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Canadian Director
Born: Jul 23, 1968
Actor Career Comedy Quality You Yourself
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I just think that sports movies have such a built-in visceral, rooting interest, an epic win or lose redemptive quality. When they get it right, it can make for a really rousing movie experience. Shawn Levy
Sports Quality Experience Win Win Or Lose Lose Think Visceral Make Get Just Movie Interest Movies Epic Really Rooting Right
Even when I was a kid, I had a good thing with kids. To this day, if I go to a birthday party with one of my kids, I swear to you, I am so much happier hanging out with my kids and their friends than talking to the grown-ups. Shawn Levy
Good Day Birthday You Party Birthday Party Kid Kids Out Good Thing Had Talking Am Go Friends Than Hanging Happier Swear Much Even Grown-Ups Thing
I don't know if it's that my own childhood felt brief, or I grew up too fast, or I was pushing myself too much at a young age, but I do feel like I am clinging to a certain childlike quality in myself, as a result of a childhood that was sometimes complicated. Shawn Levy
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Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's a philosophy that I have. Shawn Levy
Director Job Leader Whatever Philosophy Takes Go Get Where Your Actor Need
I learned first of all not to be intimidated by any visual effects that I don't understand. It can all be learned. You can then use them as tools to tell your story. I also learned that you have to be really vigilant, the more complex the movie, to not lose yourself and to not lose sight of the priority. Shawn Levy
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I never set out to build some behemoth comedy career. My taste in movies is far more eclectic than that so my aspirations as a filmmaker are far more eclectic than that. Shawn Levy
Comedy Build Out Some Eclectic More Never Than Taste Movies Far Aspirations Career Filmmaker Set
You don't service a big, fun premise comedy and then shoot yourself in the foot with too much irony. You need the audience to invest in the fun and the warmth and generally care about the characters. Shawn Levy
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Many comedic stars have tried to a do a 'Night at the Museum' type film, in which an everyday Joe reacts to insane circumstances. Many flat out failed. Shawn Levy
Stars Everyday Type Circumstances Insane Out Joe Tried Failed Comedic Flat Flat Out Which Many Film Night Museum
If it was going to be unique, if you're going to make a robot movie in 2011... it had to be different, and it had to be about more than its machines and more than its action. Shawn Levy
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