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"I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director."
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"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."
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"I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again."
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"I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned."
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"I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years."
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"You think he's going to like you better, but then one day you look in the mirror and realize you've changed yourself - physically and emotionally - into a woman who's totally different from the one he was attracted to the first place."
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"Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone."
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"If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated."
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"My bedspread isn't washable. Since my bedding has to be washed every day, I'll have to throw it out."
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"I know when I go outside, there'll be a van or two and they'll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I'm just going across town and I know they're just wasting their day, so it doesn't bother me anymore."
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"I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids."
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"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."
Design

"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."
Opportunity

"Time management is a big part of the director's job."
Time

"I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director."
Day

"In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time."
Time

"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."
Dance

"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?"
Actor

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

"You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?"
First

"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."
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