"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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"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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"I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures."

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"But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood."

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