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" I like it when an actor is secure enough to ask questions, and the director is secure enough not to be threatened by that. "

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" I have so many questions about love. How do you win at it? Especially if you're in a relationship with an impossible person? What if you believe in someone who's completely untrustworthy, who at their core can't even believe in themselves? "

" You can't plan for people to like your movies. I knew that people were not going to run in droves to the theater for the 'In the Valley of Elah.' I knew they might not want to see it, but I still had to the movie; I felt very strongly about it. Wanting to keep telling a good story is what you want to do, a compelling story. "

" I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me. "

" Even in a comedy, you have to make people feel. You have to put your hand inside their soul and twist out their heart. "

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" 'Crash' was incredibly personal to me. So was 'In the Valley of Elah.' There were things in 'The Next Three Days' that were questions I was asking myself but couldn't answer, like how far would you go for love? Can you believe in somebody who can't even believe in themselves? But this is highly personal. "

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" Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time. "

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