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"Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him."
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"Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine."
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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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"What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones?"
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"I like plays, movies, everything. It doesn't matter."
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"I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film."
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"And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their camera movements, their stocks, the way they lit stuff, the colors they used."
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"Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars."
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"I'd rather do movies 'cause I am better at movies, but I do shows 'cause the opportunities have come forward."
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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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"In every place there are 100 people who can say no and only one person who can say yes. You have to get a good piece of material to the right person."
People
"Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture."
Business
"I get a lot from all young people. I make movies for young people. If I made pictures for people my age, no one would see them. I hang with young people all the time."
Movies
"I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said."
Age
"There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy."
Comedy
"Buildings designed exclusively on scientific principles will depress their occupants and constrain their creativity."
Creativity
"I didn't want to see George Hamilton playing me, I wanted the real thing."
Want
"I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school."
Change
"When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety."
Attitude
"Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health."
Health
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