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" I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard. "

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" I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office. "

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" Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision. "

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