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"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."
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"In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them."
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"I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light."
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"I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama."
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"Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing."
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"On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy."
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"When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me."
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"The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time."
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"Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself."
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"I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along."
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"I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American."
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"As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people."
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"I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people."
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"But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times."
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"But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people."
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"I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful."
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"I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance."
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"Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do."
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"You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening."
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"I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people."
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