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" I don't know what the creative process is. I don't know how to trick it into starting or how to egg it on. "

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" By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do. "

" The terrible tragedy for every director is to watch an actor do what you want and not have the camera rolling - and never get it back again. So I always try to roll the camera before anybody's really ready. "

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" Every single art form is involved in film, in a way. "

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" You can't trust your memory. You change it to suit yourself. "

" There aren't rules in a romance, so they can be played any number of ways. "

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" I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures. "

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