I Robot
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What Bruce Greenwood has to say about I, Robot

on Will Smith:

It was a great crew and a cast full of jokers. And working with Will Smith -- he's a dream, man, he's a laugh riot, and a great guy. He's the prototype of a human being, as far as I'm concerned. A mensch.
Vancouver Sun 10/13/04

There is no funny answer. Will is such a fantastic guy. He's a great, great, guy.
Toronto Star 1/7/05

B.L.	So let’s talk about some of these projects you’ve got coming out. First off, I Robot with Will Smith.
B.G.	Will Smith, who is one of the greatest guys ever. You know what he’s like when he walks into a room, right? Well, that’s the real deal, that’s him. He is just immensely generous and full of positive energy and wants you to do well. With me he wanted me to do well in everything but chess, and he got his wish because he just annihilated me and I love to play.
B.L.	I’ve heard that a lot about Will, he loves to challenge people to chess games on the set.
B.G.	Well, I challenged him first. So we sat down and played and I won the first game but after that he just slapped me silly. He was fantastic, we had a great time.

        Tribute 2/04

on his character:

B.L.	You play the head of the Robot Corporation?
B.G.	Yes, I am the head of the corporation that has developed and built these robots and has installed them in every home in the land, and things go from bad to worse.

        Tribute 2/04

We're about to offer this wonderful, brilliant technology to the world at an affordable price. We're introducing a new generation of robots that is far more sophisticated than earlier versions. It's as big a change as the Industrial Revolution, but it's going to happen overnight.
I Robot Press Kit

on the movie itself:

One of the overriding themes in this movie is about artificial intelligence versus natural intelligence. When does artificial intelligence cease to become artificial and become organic? If a computer or a robot begins to think, what's artificial about that? I find it all quite interesting.
I Robot Press Kit

What is it about robots that freaks people out so much?
The idea that at some point they are going to be uncontrollable and smarter than we are. They are already smarter than we are.
I Robot Premiere

And controllable?
Yeah, right now they are but I think at some point they’ll appear to be so smart that we’ll decide they’re right so we’ll relinquish control. They won’t have to take control, we’ll relinquish control.
I Robot Premiere

Is that something you think about?
If I wasted time being freaked out about it I wouldn’t get out of bed, so no.
I Robot Premiere

What was actually used on the set in place of the robots when you were filming?
In place of all the robots, nothing. We worked with green screens. I didn’t do a lot of the robot stuff, I was fortunate enough to work with a lot of human beings like Will [Smith]. Then Alan [Tudyk], who was playing the robot, he was always dressed in a green suit or a blue suit.
I Robot Premiere

What was like working with Alan Tudyk dressed in the special suit, knowing you won’t ever see him in the film?
Well, you never think of it that way. You just think it’s going to be that guy somehow. Then when the movie comes out you go, “Wow.”
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Did the final product look how you expected him to look like?
No, no. It was much slenderer and less cumbersome and lithe. I imagined them… I guess I don’t have that sci-fi brain so I didn’t imagine them that sleek. Like “Doctor Who” is my sci-fi reference, so I don’t know much about sci-fi.
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But you were familiar with the work of Isaac Asimov before filming this?
Of course, yes.
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Is that what attracted you to the film in the first place?
Yeah. Isaac Asimov’s concepts – The Three Laws – and then working with Will.
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on his performance:

I can't stand seeing movies I'm in because I'm too critical of myself
Victoria Times Colonist 7/17/04