American - Director | March 28, 1969 -
Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother - a Holocaust survivor, who was my roommate - my grandparents, my mom and her brother all shared a four-bedroom house.
Brett Ratner
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They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up.
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Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.
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In my public life, I'm just a guy who enjoys having fun.
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I'm not invited to the Vanity Fair dinner where they watch the Oscars - or even the Oscars themselves - so I sit at home and watch it with a bunch of close friends.
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I'm a laugher and a lover of comedy.
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I've been a book collector since I was young, since I was a kid.
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I want to print books by people in the film industry.
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I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one.
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I love that feeling of going into a packed theater.
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Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them.
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I look for stuff that I'm passionate about.
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