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" Chris Cooper I got to work with many times. "

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" I respect people that are die-hard film people, but I started on video. I started on Hi8 video and mini-DV, and I made skate videos. So, I love film, and I love the way it looks, but I also love the way crappy video looks, or VHS. I've always been a fan of whatever the look is that's appropriate for what the feeling is. "

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" There are a lot of kids in the world. People seem to keep having them. "

" After 'Where the Wild Things Are,' I guess I felt more confident as a writer. "

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" You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally. "

" Any conversation I have with anybody that's real is always revealing and inspiring. "

" I've got to say, I've probably seen a lot more of the Three Stooges than of the Marx Brothers. "

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" I just want to be who I am, as I am. "

" I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a movie just to make a movie. "

" The market groups and demographics said, 'Teenage guys don't read magazines.' "

" I like naps. I don't drink coffee. "

" There were times in 'Adaptation' during the editing where I really thought, 'Okay, well, this was a noble failure. I tried to do something good, but this is not going to work.' "

" I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot. "

" As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy. "

" Samantha Morton is one of the best actresses in the world. "

" I've done the thing where I stop being communicative, and I've been on the other side where the other person isn't communicating, and I become frustrated. "

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" A great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it. "

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" Writing is hard. "

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" I think the thing that is meaningful is when I can tell that someone's been affected by the movie or by anything I made. "

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