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" How often do we make films just celebrating people that do a good job, work altruistically, and are in it just for the sake of the love and not the business? "

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" They don't make people like Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley anymore. "

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" I feel more relaxed after the Oscar. I feel like I have a chance to just tell the stories I want to tell, and it's actually been really nice. "

" A lot of backup singers are really shy and don't want their life documented. They're not pining to be celebrity. They've had a front-row look at celebrity for a long time, and most people find out it's not for them. "

" When you come from a place and an identity, you can feel constricted and have to get away. But then you realise how much a part of you it is. "

" The easiest way to subjugate a people is to erase a culture. I've seen it in war zones. "

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