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" From almost the first time I stepped on a stage, I knew that was what I wanted to do. "

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" We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman. "

" It's hard for me to fall in love with a piece of material enough to want to direct it. "

" I don't get nervous talking about my films, but if I'm the subject, it's hard. "

" At every premiere, I stand in the back, I never sit, worrying. And then maybe I hear them laugh or whatever, and the muscles unclench a little. But always, I feel like it's a fluke, that I'll never be able to do it again. "

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" It's impossible for me to go into a room or look at a location without a part of my brain photographing it - picking the best angle or looking at the way the light hits. "

" I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. "

" It's my job to motivate the audience to believe. I have to get them to suspend their judgment in favor of involvement. "

" I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people. "

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" Film is a collective experience, as you know. "

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" Stars are like thoroughbreds. Yes, it's a little more dangerous with them. They are more temperamental. You have to be careful because you can be thrown. But when they do what they do best - whatever it is that's made them a star - it's really exciting. "

" I try not to get depressed about stuff I can't do anything about. "

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" Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field. "