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" I actually did use to sell shoes. "
Alex Winter
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" The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance. "
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" The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment. "
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" I'm not saying it isn't frustrating that my films haven't gotten a bigger release, but I'm really happy with them and if you just keep cranking and eventually, if you have a certain sensibility, some of your movies will hit and some just won't. "
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Will
" Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing. "
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" With Fever, the film was so made for the screen, and there's so much surround sound that was done for the film - enormous detail paid to that. I wasn't thinking video, because I didn't know how it was going to turn out. "
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Thinking
Sound
" I get very driven by certain themes and ideas. "
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Lot
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