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"Everybody acts like they're in a movie in most movies. That's why they stink."
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"What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff."
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"There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives."
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"Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of comedy and drama. That and do occasional features and movies."
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"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."
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"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."
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"If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down."
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"At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!"
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"When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he's just really cool."
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"That would be getting up at 5 am... I don't understand why film's shoot such brutal hours. I think it'd be worth it to not be so strictly cost-effective and have an 8 hour day. The film's would benefit in the end."
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"Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger."
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"Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting."
Suffering
"I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game."
American
"I really tried to make movies I wanted to see. I thought that if I was good enough, somebody would always need me."
Movies
"I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director."
People
"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."
Movies
"It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese."
Help
"I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand."
Business
"Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it."
Day
"You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie."
People
"I don't have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price."
Business
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