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English - Director Born: March 4, 1965

The 'Monster Hunter' world includes these huge deserts that make the Gobi Desert look like a sandbox, and they have ships that sail through the sand.

Paul W. S. Anderson

Look World Desert Sail

I think when people think of Pompeii, they think it was just destroyed by the volcano. Yes, it was the eruption of the volcano that eventually caused the pyroclastic surge that swept over Pompeii and destroyed it for good. But also, they had to face the effects of a very extreme earthquake and a tidal wave that swept in from the Bay of Naples.

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Good People Face Think

When I was a kid, every field trip was to some Roman fort because it was cheap and free.

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Free Some Kid Fort

A pleased audience member is a pleased audience member, whether they're in New York or Mumbai.

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New Mumbai New York Audience

I think 'Lost' didn't invent the flashback, obviously. It's been a cinematic tool. It's been around almost as long as cinema has.

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Long Cinema Think Lost

The attraction of watching a movie called 'Alien vs. Predator' is you're anticipating - and the movie has to deliver - battle scenes and fight scenes between the two creatures.

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You Fight Battle Alien

I'm a big gamer.

Paul W. S. Anderson

Pompeii was an incredibly corrupt city. Pompeii was the Las Vegas of the Roman Empire.

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City Corrupt Vegas Empire

No one rocks a heavy machine gun like Michelle Rodriguez.

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Gun Like Rocks Machine

In the modern world, there's a real genuine fear of loss of individuality, and I think the undead speak to that. I also think the idea of the dead coming back to life, and this unstoppable foe that just keeps coming and coming but rather slowly just chases you, is a real primal fear.

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Life Fear You World

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You can film the most exciting car chase and the most exciting stunts, but if you don't care about the person inside the car, and you don't care about their predicament, you're not really going to care about the action, either.

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Car You Care Action

TV is something that me and my wife watch a lot.

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Me Wife Something Watch

I started in television in the U.K., and I've always wanted to get back into TV.

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Television Back Always Get

One of my favorite countries in the world is Japan, and I've spent a huge amount of time there.

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Time World Japan Favorite

When you make people a lot of money, it gives you leverage in Hollywood.

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Money You People Hollywood

A modern audience is capable of processing just so much information because they're used to visual media that's on overload.

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Media Information Just Audience

You can't just shoot your way out of every scenario in 'Resident Evil' games. You have to use your intelligence.

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You Intelligence Evil Way

What I love about 'Monster Hunter' is the incredibly beautiful, immersive world they've created. It's on the level of, like, a 'Star Wars' movie in terms of world creation.

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Love Beautiful World Creation

DVD ushered in this era when you had to have additional footage, deleted scenes, things like that. There was no call for that back when we were just doing VHS cassettes and LaserDiscs.

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You Doing Back Things

We are definitely modernizing 'The Three Musketeers' without compromising the fun of shooting a period piece. But in our film, corsets and feathered hats don't take center stage. Our version is rich in eye-popping action, romance, and adventure.

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Adventure Rich Fun Action

There's another game that Capcom, who make 'Resident Evil,' have created called 'Monster Hunter,' which is these amazing, amazing creatures in these fantastical realms, I'm very excited about that.

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Game Evil Amazing Excited

My grandfather, who brought me up, was a coal miner. I visited the mines with him. I remember it vividly. It was horrible. I'm glad I didn't go into the family business.

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Family Me Business Remember

I think for the disaster to work and the drama to work, you really need to feel like you're really in that world.

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Work You World Feel

When I first came to Hollywood to make 'Mortal Kombat' back in the day, there was this rule that female-led action movies don't work and American studios didn't want to make them.

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Work Day Action Movies

I'm staying in my wheelhouse, not making any romantic comedies in a hurry.

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Romantic Hurry Making Staying

I'm a gamer, and I became obsessed with 'Resident Evil.' I played the first two games back to back. It took me, like, 10 days. I disappeared from view. Stayed in my apartment. Didn't return anyone's calls. After 10 days, I emerged with 10 days' worth of stubble and kind of bloodshot eyes going, 'I love this! We have to turn it into a movie.'

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Love Eyes Me Evil

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