"I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant."

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"I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant."

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"It's a difficult undertaking. I've been married for four years and I see this movie as a cautionary tale about people who've gone deeply out of communication."

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"My personal belief is that you carry your own water in a relationship. If you see a girl and you think she's hot, that's a very human reaction, but you don't go and tell your spouse that, you know? So in one way it's how you behave."

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