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"If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity."
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"They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?"

"Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it."

"If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen."

"We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum."

"It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."

"I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent."

"Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due."

"Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it."
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"New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation."

"I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large."

"I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun."

"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."

"Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative."

"When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view."

"I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view."

"I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships."
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