Quotes from Gore Verbinski

I think my parents gave me a love of learning; from there you set out on your own path.

I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.

Everyone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much.

I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.

This is the story, this is your character, I have the sense of the landscape, I have the sense of the scene, I have all that stuff. But I'm also looking for something else to happen, an accident or something. You're focused on the story you intend to tell and then you have to have a peripheral net out to catch these accidents.

It's a mistake for Hollywood to impose themselves on the gaming space. Not only is it arrogant, but it hasn't really worked.

For me, some of the happiest moments on a live-action film are the awkward moments. One actor says something to another actor. They didn't expect that performance from that actor; that affects their return performance.

Reading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me.

On a live-action movie, things happen that are unexpected. In animation, you have to fabricate the feeling. That takes a tremendous amount of nuance until the film becomes sentient and gives back.

I like horror movies, and in fact I like them even more now after making one. I just think they're much more liberating because you don't really have to apply a very strict logic.

Nothing's occurring in animation - you manufacture everything.

I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear