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"Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there's a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit."
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"There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal."
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"I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force."
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"Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not."
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"To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning."
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"Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force."
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"Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment. It's not about trying to force any particular style within the parameters - and the parameters we play in are pretty large!"
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"I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect."
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"The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved."
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"Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment."
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"Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best."
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"The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station attendant. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that we were kind of purists at the time, and we didn't want any comedians."
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"I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do is just turn the camera on and off."
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"I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, and so are the guys in the cockpit."
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"We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and the poster are so important."
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"What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it's good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they'll read what you have."
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"Everything about it worked, and I don't mean just the movie, but in our experience, we realized there's also a component of luck involved in this business. We had absolutely the most competent people in the studio working on the release and ad campaign."
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"Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And currently I like Big Fish!"
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"Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there's a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit."
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"I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us."
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"I think once we started directing separately - we each have different kinds of interests now, and the kinds of movies we want to do. I wouldn't hold your breath for that one."
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