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"My first student film was Orientation, which was basically the set-up for Animal House. There are a couple of scenes that we later borrowed in some form."
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"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."
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"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."
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"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."
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"Looper is another great film."
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"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."
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"The director is the only person who knows what the film is about."
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"In any film there's always a historical implication."
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"For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave."
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"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."
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"I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people."
People
"I love caper films."
Love
"But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses."
Business
"I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films."
Fun
"A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit."
Movies
"Well, it's 15 years since Sex, Lies And Videotape, and if you hang around long enough you're having the same arguments with just a new set of people every few years and it gets boring."
Sex
"I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that appealed to me about Nine Queens is that it was a performance piece, and that's the most fun."
Performance
"When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't."
Reading
"I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all these films and maybe that will help. But you get tired of talking. You just want to do it."
Help
"I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient."
Business
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