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"With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!"
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"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."
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"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."
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"If you can find your perfect job, create one."
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"Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time."
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"Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard."
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"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."
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"For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work."
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"Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all."
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"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."
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"I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't make movies without technicians. And there has to be just one person in charge of everybody, and to me that one person is the director."
Movies

"I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work."
Work

"The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work."
Love

"It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the commercial movie business. You need to develop material yourself or material is presented to you as an assignment to direct."
Business

"I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet."
Man

"And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit."
God

"The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized."
Importance

"I really, really love directing films."
Love

"I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say."
People

"If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors."
Actor
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