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"I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend."

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."
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"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"
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"If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know."

"But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film."

"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."
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"I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now."

"Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money."

"A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me."

"You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts."
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