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Renny Harlin quotes

Finnish Director March 15, 1959

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I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different. Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin quote: "I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland."
I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland. Renny Harlin
You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do. Renny Harlin
What I learned most was how to tell a story in 15 seconds or 30 seconds or 60 seconds - to have some kind of goal of what to try to do and make it happen in that time. Renny Harlin
My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial film on Shell Motor Oil's oil products. I really put my heart into it - I wrote a script for it, I did a lot of research. Renny Harlin
Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out. Renny Harlin
You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to the predecessors, because obviously the audience liked something about them and you have to replicate that experience to a certain extent. Renny Harlin
There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by the government, the films sort-of had to deal with serious social issues - and, as a result, nobody went to see those films. Renny Harlin
I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the system and obviously have to follow the way the system works - you still have to have that crazy determination. Renny Harlin
Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was living with no money at all - no home, no car, no nothing. I was living in somebody's garage in Los Angeles at that point - for a year. Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin quote: "In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing..."
In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do. Renny Harlin
I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct. Renny Harlin
Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American. Renny Harlin
I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we had no experience at all here. We didn't even know that you were supposed to have an agent. We didn't even have a lawyer. We didn't know one soul. Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin quote: "Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to..."
Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit. Renny Harlin

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