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"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."

"I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday."

"You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office."

"I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient."

"I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to."

"More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down."
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"At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back."

"Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in."

"I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you run into kids running around shooting people and not realizing the consequences."

"As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it."

"If you ask any person on this crew what they think of Hugh Jackman they'll admit they've never seen anything like it. I'll give him an emotional note and he'll hit it every time."

"I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion."

"I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore."

"There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If 'Pi' didn't work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don't think I would have gotten another shot at it. If 'Requiem for a Dream' didn't work out, they would have called me a 'one-hit wonder with a sophomore slump'."

"I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker."
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