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" I wanted to be Joni Mitchell. "

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" I only learn from the people I work with. "

" I'm drawn to ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, which is a big part of the human condition. "

" Film is an amazing art form, but so is life. When your career and your life can work together, and one can support the other, it's just great. "

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" When I started out in independent films in the early '70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You'd die before you'd be bought. "

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" I just make films that attract me. "

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" That was the magical thing about the Seventies: artists ruled. Because films were relatively low-budget, nobody cared. We could just go off and work. "

" In every movie, there's always some physical thing that triggers the character for me. In 'The Long Walk Home,' it was the girdle. Every time I'd put that girdle on, I'd feel my character wiggle to life. "

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" My daughter is far more talented than me in the songwriting department - far more. "

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