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David Ayer Biography

David Ayer (born January 18, 1968) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for being the writer of Training Day (2001) and the director of Harsh Times (2005), Street Kings (2008), End of Watch (2012), Sabotage (2014), Fury (2014), Suicide Squad (2016) and Bright (2017).

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To operate а tank as a crew, it's not about five individuals. It has to be one organism, composed of five people.

Composed, Crew, Individual, People, Tank, Tanks

I think a good director can embrace any genre and it's the kind of thing where you always want to do something different. You always want to challenge yourself.

Challenges, Different, Directors, Genre, Kind, Thinking

You never know what you have until you put it in front of an audience. That's the truth. That's the truth of filmmaking and that's why you make movies, for an audience to, hopefully, enjoy it.

Audience, Enjoy, Filmmaking, Front, Make, Movies

You can't go back. Once it's done, it's done. I'm sure there will be things that I would love to change, in the future, but each movie is a snapshot of its time and the resources, and you do your best on it.

Done, Future, Resources, Snapshots, Things

It was a distortion, a mercenary decision to create this parallel history in order to drive the movie for an American audience, Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody distorted their achieve.

War, Order, Two, Drive, Create, History

I'm not a film-school guy. I was a high-school dropout. I was on a nuclear submarine. I was an electrician. I was a house painter. So if you get in my face, I'm going to fight you.

Fighting, House, Nuclear, Painter, School, Submarine

Well, as far as film, either you're making a film or you're making videos. Digital capture is always trying to emulate the range and look of film. I believe personally that film has more.

Always Trying, Believe, Digital, Emulate, Film, Video

You hear again and again that audiences want to see movies that are different and critics say we [directors] make the same thing again and again in Hollywood, then you go and make something different and you get kicked in the gut for it.

Different, Directors, Hear, Hollywood, Kicked, Same

As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got no problem cutting the scenes.

Cutting, Directors, Firsts, Willing, Writer

Even the scrutiny is good because it lets you know the world cares about your movie, and there is interest in it.

Care, Interest, Know, Scrutiny, World

That's the world of policing. I've met some bad-ass female cops, who are very cool people.

Bad Ass, Cops, Female, People, Policing, World

When you put a movie together, you're continually screening it for yourself and you're screening it for other people. It's like a video game power meter. When the power bar starts going down, you've gotta look at what's going on.

Games, Like, People, Power, Together

You make a movie and it's like convincing people to go on an expedition with you. You think you know where it's going to end up, and you're hoping and guessing. But, when people trust you and get involved, based on that trust, it's a really nice feeling to be able to have everything pay off.

Convincing, Guessing, Hoping, Nice, People, Thinking

When you talk to people who have been in combat, there's a sensory overload that happens. The color becomes vivid. Sounds become more pronounced. People talk about how, for them, the war was technicolor and real life was black and white after the war.

Black And White, Real, Sensory, Technicolor, War

It's important for me to take very famous, well-known people and not have them play themselves and not have them be seen as themselves.

Famous, Important, People, Play, Seen

Actors are like kids, they need to play a little bit. And that's the nature of their job, they need to shake off some energy and then you as the director get them back on track. When you do loosen up the reins, you get some amazing things, but you have to wring out the performances for every last good drop.

Actors, Jobs, Kids, Performances, Play, Shake

I feel like, as a filmmaker, I'm at my strongest when I write the script and when it comes from me, out of whole cloth. My best work has always been self-generated.

Writing, Self, Scripts, Work, Like, Cloth

Stories of friendship are very interesting to me. Artificial families are something I like to explore. Whether it's a bunch of guys or a bunch of ladies, there's something interesting about that.

Friendship, Guy, Guys, Interesting, Ladies, Stories

My mantra is "Better is better".

Mantra, Mantras

When I make a movie, it's almost a relief to get shooting 'cause the hell is over, or part of the hell is over.

Causes, Hell, Make, Part, Relief, Shooting

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