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Douglas Wood

"The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure."

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Donna Grant

"Knowledge causes depression and a lot of pressure."

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Donna Grant

"Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head."

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Donna Grant

"Ramalama was moving higher in the sky already, the day was getting on. He was going to be late getting to San Fedora for his meeting with the Sheriff. And as a bounty hunter " even a good one with a lot of work, time is money. It seemed today that time was running out for Beck the Badfeller."

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Donna Grant

"This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome."

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Donna Grant

"I don't know, I think, in times where I'm really nervous, and I'm really under the pressure the worst possible outcome is for me to start thinking about it."

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Donna Grant

"I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were."

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Donna Grant

"Pressure is calming to the nervous system."

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Donna Grant

"In those days there was not so much pressure on us."

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Donna Grant

"I was serving good but was returning especially well, which was a weakness in my game. So not only was I serving well, but I was also breaking these other guys, and they felt the pressure."

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Donna Grant

"The pressure isn't on my brain, but on my mouth. I realized Sam Malone said very little, he spoke in little sentences. Which is much more comfortable for me for some reason."

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Douglas Wood
"That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am grateful for the opportunity to have worked closely with some of the most powerful and successful people in the business including Steven Spielberg and Ted Turner."

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Douglas Wood
"Right now, writing for me is most rewarding because I'm old enough now to have something to say, which probably wasn't always the case."

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Douglas Wood
"There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!"

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Douglas Wood
"I know a lot of people in the business recommend the many Story Structure seminars being offered here, but I point to them as the single biggest contributor to lousy scripts."

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Douglas Wood
"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."

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Douglas Wood
"I used to love Woody Allen but feel he's become a hack as a director. Bullets Over Broadway is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years."

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Douglas Wood
"Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love."

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Douglas Wood
"I am a big fan of the TV series Taxi which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen."

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Douglas Wood
"Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true."

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Douglas Wood
"The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure."

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