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" David Fincher is a genius. "

Chuck Palahniuk

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" To be honest, I hate silence. "

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" Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everything about his face getting burned and scarred in the military and how that mutilation led him to become such a famous 'heavy' in films. I prayed for good scars of my own. Not just acne scars. "

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" The young men, they look to me for a story they can get nowhere else, a challenging risky story. "

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" Masochism is a valuable job skill. "

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