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" Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really. "

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" I'll still make movies for studios, but my editing process will be much further removed from the studio system. Because I don't understand it. I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies. So if that's how they do it, then I don't think I want to do it. "

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" I've done the thing where I stop being communicative, and I've been on the other side where the other person isn't communicating, and I become frustrated. "

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" Be willing to get fired for a good idea. "

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" As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy. "

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" The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being freaked out afterwards, and embarrassed, and guilty. It's scary to lose control of yourself. "

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" A lot of times, you have an idea, and all the things you are thinking about might fuel it. But that's not where the idea came from. "

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