Daryl Zero [Bill Pullman]: I can't possibly overstate the
importance of good
research. Everyone goes through life dropping crumbs. If you can
recognize the crumbs, you can trace a path all the way back from your
death certificate to the dinner and a movie that resulted in you in the
first place. But research is an art, not a science, because anyone who
knows what they're doing can find the crumbs, the wheres, whats, and
whos. The art is in the whys: the ability to read between the crumbs,
not to mix metaphors. For every event, there is a cause and effect. For
every crime, a motive. And for every motive, a passion. The art of
research is the ability to look at the details, and see the passion.
-- Jake Kasdan, movie Zero Effect (1998)
Daryl Zero [Bill Pullman]: Now, a few words on looking for things.
When you go looking
for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad.
Because of all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of
them. When you go looking for anything at all, your chances of finding
it are very good. Because of all the things in the world, you're sure
to find some of them.
-- Jake Kasdan, movie Zero Effect (1998)
Steve Arlo [Ben Stiller]: There aren't evil guys and
innocent guys. It's just... It's
just... It's just a bunch of guys.
-- Jake Kasdan, movie Zero Effect (1998)
I always say the essence of my work relies fundamentally on two basic
principles:
Objectivity and Observation, or "The Two Obs" as I call them.
-- Jake Kasdan, movie Zero Effect (1998)