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"Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage."
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"I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts."
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"It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said that I would die before I went to rehab. But I thought, 'I'm going to stay here tonight.' And I stayed there for a month. It was great."
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"We are what we think."
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"I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't identify with the people who were astronauts. I thought they were movie stars."
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"I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how."
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"True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves."
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"Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet."
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"It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible."
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"I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring."
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"Think of what you desire out of life."
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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
"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
"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
"But out of limitations comes creativity."
Creativity
"As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them."
Reason
"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."
Control
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