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Antoine Fuqua

"Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies."

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"Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies."

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"I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films."

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"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."

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"It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down."
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"Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel."
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"Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along."
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"It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later."
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