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"For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger."
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"You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them."
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"I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work."
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"The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a general assumption. Again, you're probably getting, as a general theme from me, that I don't make a lot of broad, sweeping rules about movies."
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"I think it would be fun to write about movies again."
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"I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good."
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"I make movies I want to see."
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"Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times."
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"You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. That's why I put Don in several of my movies."
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"The reason I took Early Edition - besides the fact that I liked it - was that it enabled me to start a production company in New York City. It's a low-budget film company to produce and direct movies."
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"Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that."
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"Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger."
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"Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience."
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"For the most part, that message hasn't changed a lot over the years - love is still love, and heartbreak is still heartbreak."
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"But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message."
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"Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit."
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"I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years."
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"My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer."
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"My agent said that I was one of the top three busiest people in the country."
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"Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter."
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"Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years. Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience."
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