112 Quotes by Brett Ratner

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

I'm a laugher and a lover of comedy.

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

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

I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself.

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

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.

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.

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