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" My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes. "

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" Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me. "

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" I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over. "

" I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable. "

" There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be. "

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" With 'Greenberg,' I wanted to make a movie about Los Angeles... my great love for it and also the way that I felt not at home and alienated there. "

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" I still carry the residue of the pressure I felt as a child to read and appreciate the right books. Growing up, I never allowed myself to read beach reading. I was always plowing through Ford Madox Ford's 'Good Solider' or something I wasn't equipped to understand. "

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