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" I've been writing screenplays for a long time, and a lot of it came out of the journalism I was doing. "

Peter Landesman

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" 'Writing' is the wrong way to describe what happens to words in a movie. First, you put down words. Then you rehearse them with actors. Then you shoot the words. Then you edit them. You cut a lot of them, you fudge them, you make up new ones in voice-over. Then you cut it and throw it all away. "

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