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"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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"Knowledge causes depression and a lot of pressure."
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"Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head."
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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Pressure is calming to the nervous system."
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"In those days there was not so much pressure on us."
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"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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"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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"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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"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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"There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!"
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"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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"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."
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"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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"Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love."
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"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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"Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true."
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"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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