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"Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully."
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"Losing your job gives you access to time."

"One excuse, could destroy a multitude of chances."

"First opportunity is the golden opportunity."

"Adversity is opportunity inside out."

"Opportunity will not only knock on the door when you are ready, it will stand just next to the door to open it."

"Don't waste time waiting for opportunity to surface, it may never happen that way. Spend time to create one and many more will unfold in series!"

"One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch."

"Opportunity is present is wreckage as much as it is in that which is wonderful. It's not so much how it comes to us, but what we do with it."

"Whatever you are waiting for won't come to you, you have to go for it."

"Opportunity is like a door; it is always open, but you have to be prepared to enter through it."
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"The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that."

"Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage."

"I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?"

"It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage."

"There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work."

"But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period."

"I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it."

"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."
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