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" I was reading this book called 'Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind.' It's really, really good if you want to believe in that stuff. "

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" When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out. "

" How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them. "

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" I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes. "

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" I love playing a woman suffering, thinking about the choices that she's made and obviously wanting more. It's classic. "

" Hey, the TV was my friend. As a child, I always said, 'I want to live in there someday.' "

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" I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining. "

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" The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game. "