"The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula."

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"The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula."

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"We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff."

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"The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire."

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