Quotes from Brett Ratner

I love that feeling of going into a packed theater.

I love 'Guitar Hero,' and I think it's a part of pop culture.

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

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

When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.

I fear God and respect God and love God.

Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother - a Holocaust survivor, who was my roommate - my grandparents, my mom and her brother all shared a four-bedroom house.

My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around.

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up to whatever the economic situation of the studio is.

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.

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.

I'm trying to be a little bit more mature about my choices and think about what I want to direct next, instead of just jumping into a movie 'cause I want to do it.

When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element.

When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'

I'm definitely not a nerd.

'Vacation' means titillating my taste buds.

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.

When you're the director, you kinda do all the work.

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

I'm not invited to the Vanity Fair dinner where they watch the Oscars - or even the Oscars themselves - so I sit at home and watch it with a bunch of close friends.

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

I'm a laugher and a lover of comedy.

I'm a hypochondriac. Before I go all the way, I send the girl to the doctor and check them for everything. My doctor has a test to tell if you're going to catch something in the future even.