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"The movies were custard compared to politics."

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John Cusack, American Actor

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Eddie Murphy, American Comedian

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"I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasn't worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie."

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"I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday."

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"There's not a lot of good movies being made."

"The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof."

"I've just grown a little disappointed with 'Muppets in the Old West', 'Muppets Under Water' and all these weird concept movies. I just want to go take it back to the early 80's, when it was about the Muppets trying to put on a show. That's what I'm trying to bring back."

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"The movies were custard compared to politics."

"I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted."

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