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" I've had enough rejection for 33 years. I don't need more. "

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" We all want to experience that in our lives - a moment when we're two feet off the ground - and making movies gives you that opportunity. It comes and it goes so fast that it's unreal, but it does happen. "

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" I've published a couple of short novels in France that I didn't want to publish in English because I loved the characters too much to subject them to American critics who were not exactly favorable toward my work. "

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" Hollywood has always been crazy. It's controlled anarchy. But how can you loathe something that has given you so much? "

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" I have no interest in making a 'Vietnam' film, no interest in making a direct political statement. "

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