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"I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures."
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"I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way."
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"But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood."
"I don't know about liberal bias, but people of a liberal mentality are probably attracted in greater numbers to the arts than people of a conservative mentality."
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"You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie."
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