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" A lot of people get very misty-eyed about celluloid. When I think of the time that's wasted in sending it back to the lab and having it developed and brought back, it would make me insane. I love getting my hands on the stuff immediately. That doesn't work for everybody. It just works for me. "

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" There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't. "

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" In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that digital provides. "

" When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy. "

" I try to focus on the stuff that I can control and let go of the other stuff. "

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" As vocal as some people have been about how emotionally attached they've been to celluloid, I've been equally emotional in my stance that nothing is more valuable than this. Than being able to see the result of your work quickly. "

" I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all these films and maybe that will help. But you get tired of talking. You just want to do it. "

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" Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it. "

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" After making a lot more films, I realized that the movie and TV business is, for all its inefficiencies, one of the best-run big businesses we have. "

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