"Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think."

Movies, Attention

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"Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think."

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"Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics."

Politics

"Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think."

Movies

"And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up."

People

"All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions."

People

"Most of us do not consciously look at movies."

Movies

"If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy."

Hollywood

"I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class."

Civics

"We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking."

Film

"I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest."

Interviews

"It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot of conflicts, and concerns, and disturbances for a lot of people, it's in the Bush Administration."

Fun

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