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" I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out. "

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" Like a lot of films at the end of 2008, they hit a wall with financing, which is why I moved back onto 'Stone.' In doing so, I had to let go of 'The Beautiful and the Damned,' to at least give them an opportunity to move forward with somebody else. "

" I like to think of myself as the host at a party, and, if everybody is having a good time, so much the better. "

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" As long as there's really good actors that use their clout to support fringe films, whatever genre it is, they'll still get made. "

" A film is different than a script. The text of the script is what it is. "

" I lived in New York City, and when I was about 24 in the 1980s, I decided to get out of here. I wanted to go live in Australia for a year or something, and it ended up being 18 years. "

" The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up. "

" I sort of came from a big family - eight kids - and I guess I always, more than most people, really revel in privacy and solitude sometimes. "

" I cited 'Catch-22' as a landmark film and one of my favourites. "

" If you have a film that's talking about God, you would think that it would appeal to people that consider themselves religious, whatever denomination they're attached to. "