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" Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them. "

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Political Correctness

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" Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it. "

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" Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view. "