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Brett Ratner Biography

Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American director and producer. He is known for directing the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Tower Heist. He was also a producer of the films Black Mass, The Revenant, War Dogs, The Lego Ninjago Movie, and the Horrible Bosses series.

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I used to date Olivia Munn. . when she was Lisa. That was the problem. She wasn't Asian back then.

Asian, Back, Olivia, Problem

I would love a robot butler.

Butler, Butlers, Love, Robot, Robots

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

Having, Heart, Love, Mouths, Ugly

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

70S, Look, Looks, Making, Movies, Woody

I've been a book collector since I was young, since I was a kid.

Book, Collector, Kid, Kids, Young

Less money sometimes allows you to be more creative.

Allows, Creative, Money, Sometimes

They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up.

Approach, Artist, Childhood, Create, Taste

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

Conscious, Failure, Fearless, Risk, Risks, Take

I ask my assistants if they're retarded all the time. When the camera is on you, of course, actors have the ability to make it real. For me, if I'm not talking, it is a problem. I have so much more respect for actors after being in front of the camera, and I realize that the hardest part is when you're not talking. Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

Camera, Listening, Make, Real, Talking, Time

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.

Anymore, Crossover, Kids, Love, Mean, White

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.

Black, Fashion, Kids, Public, School

I don't have any regrets.

Regret, Regrets

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.

200, Music, People, Remembered, Talking, Years

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.

Audiences, Awards, Nice, Ready, Right, Winning

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.

Brings, Global, Laughing, People, Seeing, Together

Whoever writes a bad review, I put their name on a list, and they're going to get taken care of one day down the road. Otherwise, I don't let it bother me. The truth is, these are review-proof movies. The audiences are going to see it. My audience, our audience, isn't reading Esquire magazine to see if my movie is good or not. They just want to laugh, to be entertained, and lose themselves.

Audience, Down, Good, Reading, Taken, Writing

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.

Choices, Direct, Instead, Jumping, Think, Thinking

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.

Creative, Different, Rebates, Shoot, Thinking

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.

American, Influence, Influences, People, World

I'm constantly being visually stimulated.

Constantly, Stimulated, Visually

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