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" I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door. "
Wes Craven
You
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" In general, I don't even have the luxury of rehearsal time on most films that I make. It is just a scene-by-scene full cast read through. It's very much just doing the rehearsal sometimes the day before, at the end of the day, but just on the spot as the scene unfolds. "
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" I was anathema in polite society after I made 'Last House.' People literally would grab their children and run from the room. "
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" I went to a Christian college. You would be expelled if you were caught in a movie theater. It was ridiculous. "
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" My brother and I both used to worry about dying at 40 because our father died at 40. That probably wasn't terribly rational, since my father led a rather unhealthy lifestyle, shall we say. "
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