"It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days."

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"It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days."

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"I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like."

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"Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American film because I think people are deeply confused about their emotions, and they don't regret certain aspects of their own foreign policy."

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