"Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was."

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"Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was."

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"Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this."

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"It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods."

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