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"I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were."
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"When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm."
"I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world."
"I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone."
"And remember: without you, all we are is loud. No pressure."
"It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive."
"Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head."
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"And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their camera movements, their stocks, the way they lit stuff, the colors they used."
"I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love story between a father and his son, and that son and his daughter."
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