39 Quotes by Barry Sonnenfeld

Michael still agreed to be in it as long as he could wear a black suit-that's all that mattered to him. It was very funny and entirely Michael's idea.

Will asked me if his two kids could be in the movie, so I put them in a scene towards the end where Will, Tommy, and Rosario are in Manhattan.

We had to retain the sense that no one really knows what's going on, that in New York City, in the world, there are aliens, strange events.

I haven’t read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

We should all relax about life because you don’t have a clue as to what’s really going on.

I’m not the one or two take guy, but I’m not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do a bunch of takes, like more than five or six, it’s usually for some technical reasons.

I’m an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.

Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I’ve had some success making films about aliens, so this is a dream come true.

By definition a sequel can’t be original. So you’ve got to figure out what worked the first time around.