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"But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from."
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"I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good."
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"I make movies I want to see."
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"I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations."
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"I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions."
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"There were not fifteen people in the story department and twenty-five producers and stuff. And Roger had produced 1,000 movies and directed a couple of hundred, and their comments were always very, very specific."
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"I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites."
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"Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints."
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"Yes was a band where we could explore some of those ideas, but I knew that if I wanted to get into orchestral music and make a living at it, movies seemed to be a perfect spot."
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"I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order."
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"I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies."
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"But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from."
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"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."
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"My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot."
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"I love mixing amateurs and professionals."
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"But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there."
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"I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels."
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"My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was."
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"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."
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"I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat."
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"I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot documentaries. He was my biggest influence. So I took his camera and started shooting."
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