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"The real beauty of a house is always the happiness inside that house!"

"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did-a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

"Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys."
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"I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever."

"I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances."

"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."

"My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot."

"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."
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