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"I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me."

"When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries."

"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."

"Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made."

"It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were."

"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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"My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?"


"France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper."


"Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting."


"Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood."


"An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius."
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