Brett Ratner Quotes

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

I fear God and respect God and love God.

I think taking the biggest star in India and the biggest star in America, and putting them together in a movie that starts in America and ends up in India, or starts in India and goes to America. I think it would be a buddy cop formula.

I would love a robot butler.

Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body.

You've got to think about how to do things for the right price. You have to shoot in different places to be creative and get tax rebates.

I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one.

Do I have a small movie in me? Yeah, probably, when I'm 60. But I'm not Hal Ashby, I'm not Roman Polanski. I'm true to myself. Whether you like it or not.

Woody Allen is in his '70s and he's making movies, so I look forward to getting there.

Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.

I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself.

Would it be nice to win a film award one day? Yes. But the critics are going to have to wait till I'm ready. Right now, my gift is making big movies that audiences want to see.

You can't reinvent the wheel. You've got to just take the best from all the other shows and try to make it work, because there's the "live show Gods" that dictate if there are going to be any surprises, if there's a very commercial film that's a Best Picture. There are a lot of things that are out of my control, but I do my best.

I'm a laugher and a lover of comedy.

You can't show a four-hour movie in a theater, really.