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" In a film there a lot of people scheduling, you know. "
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Scheduling
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" The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. "
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" It's hard for anybody who works a lot and has children. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. "
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" Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction. "
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" When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about. "
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