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Anthony Michael Hall

"First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode."

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Donna Grant

"Hang 'em first, try 'em later."

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Donna Grant

"When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'"

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Donna Grant

"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer."

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Donna Grant

"You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others."

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Donna Grant

"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."

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Donna Grant

"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

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Donna Grant

"The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it."

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Donna Grant

"The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received."

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Donna Grant

"After I did the first Die Hard I said I'd never do another, same after I did the second one and the third. The whole genre was running itself into the ground."

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Donna Grant

"We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"But on this show, it's a good question because in the 35 shows that we've done now, I've really made a consistent effort to really shadow the directors because in many ways they have to be more prepared than feature directors."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"We don't want to show our hand to the fan base or give up too much too early."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"15 years later, it's all the TV stars with the film deals, whether it's the cast of Friends or That '70s Show now with Ashton and other people doing stuff."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"I mean, before this, I would have said playing Bill Gates, because I'm playing someone obviously who is alive and is the richest man in the world. That was a heavy responsibility."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"I would say probably Pirates of Silicon Valley just because I'm proud of the work, playing Gates."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"Like any show, I think some episodes are going to be stronger than others, but I think it's a good show that people enjoy and I hear the reactions too."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"Well, I've learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I'm shooting a scene and someone's driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot."

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Anthony Michael Hall
"Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors and producers and directors and everything."

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