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"In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material."
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"Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter."
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"Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities."
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"But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed."
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"I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing."
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"Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors."
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"This particular film highlights Ben and Owen's strengths which is that they are great comedic actors with tremendous chemistry and they do a really good job."
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"I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show."
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"Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast as I can."
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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."
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"Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely."
Office
"I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about."
Imagination
"I never get involved with the ladies I work with."
Work
"I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people."
Talent
"A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay."
Fiction
"I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say."
Books
"From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work."
Work
"To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked."
Music
"I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years."
Years
"The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it."
Difference
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