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Top 20 Renny Harlin Quotes (2025 Update)

Renny Harlin Quote: “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.”

1. “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

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Renny Harlin Quote: “I feel like I learned very early on that your heroes are only as powerful as your villains. And I’m attracted to intelligent villains.”

2. “I feel like I learned very early on that your heroes are only as powerful as your villains. And I’m attracted to intelligent villains.”

— Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin Quote: “Just live in the moment and not be afraid to try things out and make mistakes.”

3. “Just live in the moment and not be afraid to try things out and make mistakes.”

— Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin Quote: “When I make decisions based on other circumstances, things don’t necessarily go so well. So sometimes, even if something seems commercially tempting, I’ve learned that if it’s not what’s in your heart, it’s probably not what you should do.”

4. “When I make decisions based on other circumstances, things don’t necessarily go so well. So sometimes, even if something seems commercially tempting, I’ve learned that if it’s not what’s in your heart, it’s probably not what you should do.”

— Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin Quote: “Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit.”

5. “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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Renny Harlin Quote: “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.”

6. “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.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do.”

7. “In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “When I follow my heart, usually the results are good.”

8. “When I follow my heart, usually the results are good.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what’s expected, and sometimes you go against type because you think that’ll really bring something different to the movie.”

9. “I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what’s expected, and sometimes you go against type because you think that’ll really bring something different to the movie.”

— Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin Quote: “I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks – all kinds of silly products – but I tried to make the commercials different.”

10. “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 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.”

11. “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

Renny Harlin Quote: “I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.”

12. “I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “This was in ’79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but nobody really doing anything.”

13. “This was in ’79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but nobody really doing anything.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “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.”

14. “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

Renny Harlin Quote: “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.”

15. “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

Renny Harlin Quote: “I think that villains who are just brawn, muscles and weapons are boring. So I always try to find intelligence in my villains and also a sense of humor whenever that is possible.”

16. “I think that villains who are just brawn, muscles and weapons are boring. So I always try to find intelligence in my villains and also a sense of humor whenever that is possible.”

— Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin Quote: “I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.”

17. “I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “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.”

18. “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.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “I was making films when I was about 12 years old – Super-8 films.”

19. “I was making films when I was about 12 years old – Super-8 films.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland.”

20. “I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them.”

21. “A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them.”

— Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin Quote: “I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.”

22. “I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.”

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Renny Harlin Quote: “It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It’s still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early ’80s.”

23. “It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It’s still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early ’80s.”

— Renny Harlin

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