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" If you're not doing it for the right reasons, then you'd be dumb to be making documentaries. "

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" Vidal was a novelist, an essayist, a playwright, a screenwriter, and many other things. Buckley started a magazine, hosted a TV show, lead a political movement, and was a master debater. They were multihyphenates in a way that you rarely see anymore. "

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" I feel like - like Netflix is great if you've got a project ready to launch itself into the world rapidly. "

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