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Bobby Farrelly

"We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor."

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"We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor."

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"We feel that what's too far is when you make a joke and somebody gets hurt."
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"I know people watch our movies and they'll see a lot of images - they call it gross-out - that they don't like, and I understand that. It's an important movie and one that's extremely well done, but the amount of violent imagery was not for me."
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"In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny."
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"I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly."
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"I think the last one would have to be The Godfather because it was such a powerful story. There was lots of violence in it but I could take it because I thought there was a reality to it. It wasn't gratuitous, it was just these guys' story."
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"I think we both have some darkness in us. But when we are together, we tend to concentrate more on the light."
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"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."
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"I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much."
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"We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait."
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