Roland Emmerich
Birthday: 10 November 1955, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Height: 180 cm
Roland Emmerich is a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Godzilla (1998), Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000). Before fame, he origina ...Show More
I'm making movies for the masses.
I'm making movies for the masses.
... all my movies are created because I'm fascinated by a subject. Sometimes I think there's just a Show more
... all my movies are created because I'm fascinated by a subject. Sometimes I think there's just a certain obsession about it all - when you want to do something just for the sake of it. A lot of directors are like that. I'm just very fortunate that most of my movies get made. Hide
I came to film school in 1977 when directors like Fassbinder and Wenders were everybody's heroes. Bu Show more
I came to film school in 1977 when directors like Fassbinder and Wenders were everybody's heroes. But it was also the time that Star Wars and Close Encounters came out, and these were the seminal movies for me. Everybody is always so careful about these things. I mean, I'm good friends with Wim Wenders, but it doesn't mean I have to like his movies. Some of them, I like. Most of them, I find boring. And I would tell him that to his face. Hide
When you're not loved by the critics, it's very hard for anyone to say anything good about your movi Show more
When you're not loved by the critics, it's very hard for anyone to say anything good about your movie. For me, it's more important that the audience enjoys it and embraces it, anyway. You get something that does well, but is criticized. So you say, 'OK, they just didn't get it. There's 1% or 2% who didn't like it. But there's 98% who did. Hide
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