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"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."
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"The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge."

"You cannot reach space without overcoming the attraction of gravity."

"Every hill becomes a mountain when one has to climb up it."

"I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school."

"The height of your storm determines the height of your rainbow."

"Nothing is easy, and, with respect to legal work, that was absolutely true."

"The easy path will seldom lead where you need to go."
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"We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie."

"Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop."

"In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement."

"When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted."

"I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life."

"I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles."

"I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters."

"Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her."
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