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" I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head. "

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" I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard. "

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" I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward. "

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" I grew up watching all these crazy movies, European movies and stuff, and I guess that I always laughed at things that were a little more offbeat. "

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" The only pitch I have to movie people is the same as this one: Just give me $8 million. I'm not telling you what it's about and I'm not telling you who's in it. "

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