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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

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

You never know exactly what pop cultural moment a show is going to step into. — Ronald D. Moore

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

My mantra is "Better is better". — David Ayer

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

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

It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance. — Martha Graham

Ideals are peaceful, history is violent. — David Ayer

Necessity, mother of invention. — William Wycherley

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

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

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

I screen tested for Training Day many years ago, which was David Ayer's script with Antoine Fuqua directing. — Joe Manganiello

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

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

I went back-to-back from 'Paperboy' to 'Butler,' literally with no break. — Lee Daniels

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

It was funny that you know someone for years but still discover something you never noticed before. — Nicholas Sparks

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

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

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

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

David Ayer is one of the best directors I've ever worked with. He's a true man's man. — Scott Eastwood

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

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

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

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

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

The task is not to perfect yourself, it's to perfect your love. — Jack Kornfield

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

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