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" My films always play better outside of New York, especially to critics. "

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" Somewhere in the '60s, actors became wimps and basket-case psychotics. "

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" Every movie I've ever made says the same thing. They all find comedy in people trying to live their lives without any rules. "

" It's not a secret, but if you know what the hell you're doing, you pick good actors. And you know what makes a good actor? A good personality in the performer, in the person. "

" Andy was not a hippie or rebel but more like a mischievous child. He was never out to destroy everything. He became a New Yorker, and New Yorkers know, like the media, what's going on around them is a fashion thing that will change to something else. "

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" Andy was an offbeat personality, shy and insecure. The whole reason for taking a camera with him wherever he went was because he was so shy. He'd break the ice by taking pictures. "

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" Andy was not a director and not a writer. He operated the camera a little bit, and he wasn't even so good at that. "

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" Most of the time, I leave the camera on the obvious special effects, like the rubber bodies, so that it become obvious they're not real. "

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" We are always getting photos and publicity from people who want to act in Andy's movies. We always throw them away. They don't seem to realize that the last thing we'd put into a movie is an actor. Because all the other movies use actors. "

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