“I went to a public high school and most of the comedy was coming from the black kids and the Asian kids and the Hispanic kids. And, the coolest kids to me where always the black kids. They were always fashion forward and they always dressed the coolest. They were always the best dancers, and just the coolest people.” PeopleKidsSchoolBlackComedyFashionHigh SchoolDancerAsianHispanic Author:Brett Ratner
“People can criticise all day long, I think I've proven myself, I think I deliver. And I agree, box office does not mean a movie's good, but I feel like I'm making good movies and I'm delivering in box office.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMeanLongDoeOfficeAgreeBoxesProvenDeliveringGood MovieBox OfficeCriticise Author:Brett Ratner
“At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.” PeopleWantEndsRealityAudienceLaughingThe End Of The Day Author:Brett Ratner
“I want people to see my movies. My talent, my sensibilities are what people want to see in the movies... While I have the talent to make the kind of movies people want to see I want to continue to do that, keep making big pictures and make what I love. I’m really just making the films I want to see. There’s not a strategy.” PeopleWantKindBigsFilmTalentStrategySensibilityBig Picture Author:Brett Ratner
“Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world. Music and movies. That's what's exciting about what we do, the fact that it's so global. It brings people together. People don't have to understand the language to laugh at actors. They're going to laugh even though they don't understand what they're saying. Cause they're seeing it.” PeopleWorldFactsTogetherActorsLanguageCausesLaughingSeeingInfluenceExcitingInfluencing PeopleWorld Music Author:Brett Ratner
“When critics or people judge, I think it's harder to make a commercial, pop movie than it is to make a pretentious art film. It's harder to reach millions of people and satisfy them and make them happy. These films kind of get ghettoized, this genre because there are so many big, big movies that are such big hits, but aren't any good. The audiences, they're not judging the style of the director, or the execution of the film. They're just looking to be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.” PeopleThinkingWantKindArtBigsRealityFilmMillionsAudienceStyleJudgingDirectorsHarderCriticsPopsGenreExecutionPretentiousBig MovieArt FilmsNot Judging Author:Brett Ratner
“I love everything black, because black is cool. When something crosses over, people are like, "Oh, this is a crossover." First of all, there is no urban anymore. Pop culture is black. White kids are dressing like black kids. It's all crossed the lines now. The way I understand it is, everything black is cool. When it crosses over to white, that means it's going from cool to uncool. That's what crossover is.” PeopleWayFirstsMeanKidsCultureBlackLinesWhiteCrossesPopsUrbanDressingsPop CultureBlack WhiteCrossoverUncool Author:Brett Ratner
“Michael Jackson doesn't really belong on this planet. He's the most important figure in the history of music. He'll be remembered far longer than George Bush will. 200 years from now, people will be talking about Michael Jackson, and no one's going to mention George Bush.” PeopleYearsImportantTalkingFiguresPlanetsRememberedHistory Of Music Author:Brett Ratner
“I've worked with a hundred of the biggest artists in the world, from Madonna to Mariah Carey, and he [Michael Jackson] is just beyond. He's at a whole other level, spiritually. He's got the God spot. Everyone has it, everyone has that God spot, but it's just the way he's in tune with it. He has it. It's right there, and when he starts to sing, God has just opened it up for him. That's why he's not comfortable around people and things, because he's just such a unique - he feels blessed just to be himself. "I can't believe I'm Michael Jackson."” PeopleWorldWayFeelsBelieveI CanWholeArtistLevelsComfortableUniqueHundredBlessedSpotsTunes Author:Brett Ratner
“There's no greater feeling than people coming up to me and going, "Man, my father was dying, and we went to see Rush Hour, and it was the greatest night we had in years together. We sat in that theater and we laughed for two hours without stopping. That was just a great memory that I had before my father died."” PeopleMenYearsTwoFeelingsTogetherNightFatherHoursMemoriesGreaterDyingDiedTheaterSatLaughedStoppingFather DiedMy Father DiedGreat MemoriesRush HourYears Together Author:Brett Ratner
“I want to print books by people in the film industry.” PeopleWantBookFilmIndustryPrintFilm IndustryPrint Books Author:Brett Ratner
“Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.” PeopleWorldInfluenceInfluencing People Author:Brett Ratner
