Ryan Reynolds
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I have some of the greatest, smartest people that, quite frankly, I find threatening, who I get to work with. I mean, Sean Levy, who I've done three movies with now, you know, it's like a brain trust, and like there's a real, I mean, every... Movies that you sort of, quote, control are like, you're not controlling it. They just trust you. You know, you said, like, hey, I'm going to land the plane.
You know, I remember trying to get my Deadpool and Wolverine movie made, and I just focused on that. I was like, I will return your investment. Like, I will return your, I got you. Like, I am not a reckless, you know, pilot. I will land the fucking plane on a dime. It will be a four-quadrant. R-rated film. I'm going to make Disney's first fork water R-rated film.
You know, I remember trying to get my Deadpool and Wolverine movie made, and I just focused on that. I was like, I will return your investment. Like, I will return your, I got you. Like, I am not a reckless, you know, pilot. I will land the fucking plane on a dime. It will be a four-quadrant. R-rated film. I'm going to make Disney's first fork water R-rated film.
You know, I remember trying to get my Deadpool and Wolverine movie made, and I just focused on that. I was like, I will return your investment. Like, I will return your, I got you. Like, I am not a reckless, you know, pilot. I will land the fucking plane on a dime. It will be a four-quadrant. R-rated film. I'm going to make Disney's first fork water R-rated film.
And this is after they said no to 18 different things, including a movie where Deadpool is after the hunter who killed Bambi's mom. They said, we don't touch Bambi. And I said, you said you don't touch Mickey Mouse.
And this is after they said no to 18 different things, including a movie where Deadpool is after the hunter who killed Bambi's mom. They said, we don't touch Bambi. And I said, you said you don't touch Mickey Mouse.
And this is after they said no to 18 different things, including a movie where Deadpool is after the hunter who killed Bambi's mom. They said, we don't touch Bambi. And I said, you said you don't touch Mickey Mouse.
Yeah, we did. Yeah. But that's a part of our responsibility, too, is people that produce the movie and we go write the movie and we're back to all those things. It's like making sure it works because I've done movies that are, you know, small films that are in Sundance and all that stuff. And I loved making them. And they were hard to make.
Yeah, we did. Yeah. But that's a part of our responsibility, too, is people that produce the movie and we go write the movie and we're back to all those things. It's like making sure it works because I've done movies that are, you know, small films that are in Sundance and all that stuff. And I loved making them. And they were hard to make.
Yeah, we did. Yeah. But that's a part of our responsibility, too, is people that produce the movie and we go write the movie and we're back to all those things. It's like making sure it works because I've done movies that are, you know, small films that are in Sundance and all that stuff. And I loved making them. And they were hard to make.
And, you know, they would get great reviews and everything, but then it would just, you'd find out later, just bankrupted whatever little tiny studio made it. And I thought, I'm going to be out of work. They are getting out of work. I got to find a, I got to find a job that fits. So it, it's a win-win, you know, if I want to do it for the rest of my life, I'm gonna have to figure that out.
And, you know, they would get great reviews and everything, but then it would just, you'd find out later, just bankrupted whatever little tiny studio made it. And I thought, I'm going to be out of work. They are getting out of work. I got to find a, I got to find a job that fits. So it, it's a win-win, you know, if I want to do it for the rest of my life, I'm gonna have to figure that out.
And, you know, they would get great reviews and everything, but then it would just, you'd find out later, just bankrupted whatever little tiny studio made it. And I thought, I'm going to be out of work. They are getting out of work. I got to find a, I got to find a job that fits. So it, it's a win-win, you know, if I want to do it for the rest of my life, I'm gonna have to figure that out.
And then it grew to all of it. Like, All the other things. I loved commercials when I was a kid. Like, if you saw a good commercial, it stayed with you.
And then it grew to all of it. Like, All the other things. I loved commercials when I was a kid. Like, if you saw a good commercial, it stayed with you.
And then it grew to all of it. Like, All the other things. I loved commercials when I was a kid. Like, if you saw a good commercial, it stayed with you.
You know, and I was one of those kids like you probably were. You're sitting there two inches from the TV and just trying to stay up as late as humanly possible. Because TVs back then ran on plutonium. Oh, my God.
You know, and I was one of those kids like you probably were. You're sitting there two inches from the TV and just trying to stay up as late as humanly possible. Because TVs back then ran on plutonium. Oh, my God.
You know, and I was one of those kids like you probably were. You're sitting there two inches from the TV and just trying to stay up as late as humanly possible. Because TVs back then ran on plutonium. Oh, my God.