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" It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker. "

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" I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same. "

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" I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student. "