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"I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the system and obviously have to follow the way the system works - you still have to have that crazy determination."
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"There is no excuse to give for being a beggar. We all have imaginations to work out our dreams. Work yours out."
"To take the island, cut all sources of retreat. Burn your boats and go all in."
"How strongly do you believe in what you want to do? How prepared are you live and die for it? You are not likely to succeed when you always doubt your capacity to reach higher heights in your pursuits."
"There must be a demand, there must be an urge and there must be a will and where there is a demand and a will, there will also be a way."
"People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it."
"You won't accomplish or reach your greatest potential in life if your main focus is on what other people think of you. No matter how great you are, some people will form their own negative opinions of you. Don't give your haters your time or energy! People that are negative, jealous, and envious of you aren't worth your future. Go after your dreams with purpose and unwavering belief!"
"You have what it takes to finish excellently if you strive toward it."
"Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence."
"It is difficult to soar to your destiny carrying the burden of doubt, impossible to soar to your destiny carrying the burden of fear, but conceivable to soar to your destiny carried by the wings of faith."
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"Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit."
"What I learned most was how to tell a story in 15 seconds or 30 seconds or 60 seconds - to have some kind of goal of what to try to do and make it happen in that time."
"There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by the government, the films sort-of had to deal with serious social issues - and, as a result, nobody went to see those films."
"I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we had no experience at all here. We didn't even know that you were supposed to have an agent. We didn't even have a lawyer. We didn't know one soul."
"You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to the predecessors, because obviously the audience liked something about them and you have to replicate that experience to a certain extent."
"I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America."
"I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different."
"I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here."
"Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together, and then the same deal was replaced with Cliffhanger."
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