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Barry Sonnenfeld

"Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines."

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"Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines."

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"These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school."
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"I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews."
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"We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on."
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"Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael."
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"When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh."
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"Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy."
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"I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years."
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