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"I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend."

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."
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"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"
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"If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know."

"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."
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"Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business."


"Russell Crowe is very difficult, but it's worth it. He's the real thing. I can tell you this. Russell Crowe was just as difficult before he was an international star as he was afterwards."


"This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time."


"Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice."


"The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them."


"My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer."


"Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society."
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