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"I mean, Joel talks to the actors more than I do and I probably do production stuff a little more than he does."
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"What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information."

"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."

"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."

"As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating."

"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

"I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?"
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"When the movie's done, you talk about either the score or source music over a particular scene, what might work. You just throw a piece of music over the scene, and we both listen to it."

"Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to."

"The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed by celebrities."

"There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?"

"We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality."

"I mean, Joel talks to the actors more than I do and I probably do production stuff a little more than he does."
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