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" One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much. "

Bill Sienkiewicz

Too Much

Problems

Movies

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Across

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Truth

Honorable

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Look

Looks

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Doing

Work

" That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people. "

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Yourself

Learning

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Somebody

Really

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