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Norman Jewison

"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."

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"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

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"When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release."

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