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" People sense when you're pretending, when you're worried about your own ego. "

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" I mean, certainly it's the single biggest event, I think, in terms of popular entertainment, or art even, if you say that, of the 20th Century. It's been film. It's the 20th Century's real art form. "

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" Good actors aren't enough. You need charisma. Can you imagine 'Casablanca' without Bogart and Bergman? "

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" I always go for the craft first because, to me, that's like an oil well - you either hit the oil or you don't. "

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" You're fighting a losing battle if you expect the people who own the studios to make moral choices. "

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" I hate to say it as a pejorative term, but I work for the Hollywood system for the most part. "

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