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" I tend to watch a lot of lower-budget movies to find out what's doing down there and find out who's coming up. "

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" A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie. "

" I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh. "

" One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar, and the planets are similar. "

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" I'm used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother was a big part of bringing up three boys, so I was fully versed in the strength of a powerful woman, and accepted that as the status quo. "

" Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor. "

" The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere. "

" I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but music is actually dialogue. And sometimes music is the final, finished, additional dialogue. Music can be one of the final characters in the film. "

" I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying. "

" I don't make films for other people; I make films for me. "

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" Egypt was - as it is now - a confluence of cultures, as a result of being a crossroads geographically between Africa, the Middle East and Europe. "

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