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"Movies are like magic tricks."
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"I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday."

"You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office."

"Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes."

"It seems that the small movies are a little more risky and cutting-edge. You've got your big commerce and you've got your small films that you're more passionate about."

"In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it."

"For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made."
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"What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb."

"Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for."

"As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content."

"A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can."

"My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that. The reason I do that is because I know what it takes once I engage, what that means for me personally and for my wife."

"I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film."

"What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it."

"Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light."
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