"But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about."

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"But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about."

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"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."

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"I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script."

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"I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much."

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"But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about."

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