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David Ayer quotes: I'm not a film-school guy. I was a high-school dropout. I was on a nuclear submarine. I was an electrician. I was a house painter.

I'm not a film-school guy. I was a high-school dropout. I was on a nuclear submarine. I was an electrician. I was a house painter.

David Ayer quotes: 'Sabotage' was a work for hire. It wasn't my original idea or script or anything.

'Sabotage' was a work for hire. It wasn't my original idea or script or anything.

David Ayer quotes: I think nothing has been filmed as much as World War II.

I think nothing has been filmed as much as World War II.

David Ayer quotes: My mantra is "Better is better".

My mantra is "Better is better".

David Ayer quotes: Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody distorted their achievements.

Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody distorted their achievements.

David Ayer quotes: World War II was just as dirty and brutal as Vietnam, just as confusing.

World War II was just as dirty and brutal as Vietnam, just as confusing.

David Ayer quotes: Ideals are peaceful, history is violent.

Ideals are peaceful, history is violent.

David Ayer quotes: For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that I'm helping the movie.

For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that I'm helping the movie.

David Ayer quotes: I'm a big fan of Italian neo-realism and all of that stuff.

I'm a big fan of Italian neo-realism and all of that stuff.

David Ayer quotes: When I make a movie, it's almost a relief to get shooting 'cause the hell is over, or part of the hell is over.

When I make a movie, it's almost a relief to get shooting 'cause the hell is over, or part of the hell is over.

David Ayer quotes: A movie is a certain thing by definition. There's nothing wrong with knocking out a good genre picture.

A movie is a certain thing by definition. There's nothing wrong with knocking out a good genre picture.

David Ayer quotes: Every movie is different. Every movie requires its own sort of photographic voice.

Every movie is different. Every movie requires its own sort of photographic voice.

David Ayer quotes: The worst pressure is the pressure I put on myself.

The worst pressure is the pressure I put on myself.

David Ayer quotes: The most terrifying thing in my life is a blank sheet of paper.

The most terrifying thing in my life is a blank sheet of paper.

David Ayer quotes: I like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.

I like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.

David Ayer quotes: Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks.

Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks.

David Ayer quotes: As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got no problem cutting the scenes.

As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got no problem cutting the scenes.

David Ayer quotes: My father died when I was really young, on Christmas Day.

My father died when I was really young, on Christmas Day.

David Ayer quotes: That's the world of policing. I've met some bad-ass female cops, who are very cool people.

That's the world of policing. I've met some bad-ass female cops, who are very cool people.

David Ayer quotes: If you want to know somebody, fight 'em. Have a fistfight with them.

If you want to know somebody, fight 'em. Have a fistfight with them.

David Ayer quotes: I think great acting is about inhabiting a skin and transforming yourself.

I think great acting is about inhabiting a skin and transforming yourself.

David Ayer quotes: I've been in the game long enough to know what elements you have to package together to get a movie into production.

I've been in the game long enough to know what elements you have to package together to get a movie into production.

David Ayer quotes: It's important for me to take very famous, well-known people and not have them play themselves and not have them be seen as themselves.

It's important for me to take very famous, well-known people and not have them play themselves and not have them be seen as themselves.

David Ayer quotes: 'Colors' is pretty good. It takes you inside the cop car bit. I like reality myself. I like reality-based kind of movies.

'Colors' is pretty good. It takes you inside the cop car bit. I like reality myself. I like reality-based kind of movies.