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" Some of the styles of dance in 'La La Land' I wish I had spent time on when I was a kid. "

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" I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life. That's my own reality, so it's a doorway into a world for me. "

" I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way. "

" The theme for me is love and the lack of it. We all want that and we don't know how to get it, and everything we do is some kind of attempt to capture it for ourselves. "

" There used to be a candy called 'Bonkers,' which I believe to be the greatest candy of all time. "

" Watching myself. Watching the people around me. There was some part of me that was there as a kid and growing up and living my life, but there was also some part of me that was watching it all happen from the nosebleeds. "

" When my mother and I walked to the grocery store, men would circle the block in cars. It was very, very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory - a hunt. "

" If Russell Crowe says that he's Noah, he's Noah. You never doubt it. If he says that he's the Gladiator, he's the Gladiator. He's every character that he says he is. I've never doubted anything that he's done. "

" I had my hustle. It was whatever I could do to not end up working in a factory. If I had to shake it like a showgirl, I was going to do it. "

" You can't geek out with a lot of people about Linda Manz. "

" Maybe in my life I sort of put myself in situations that were chaotic, outside of my life. "

" What a lot of people don't understand about the NC-17, which I didn't understand, is that you can't show it in major theater chains - and you can't even air spots for your film on television. It really stigmatizes the movie. "

" I had to keep reminding myself in 'Blue Valentine' that I was actually making a film. "

" I don't know specifically what scenes I'd like to see violence in - I crave violence when I'm watching a John Hughes movie. "

" My first exposure to what Hollywood was like, behind the scenes, was when Joel Silver started screaming at Roger Rabbit at the beginning of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.' "

" You can tell so much about somebody by the films they make, and it's only while I approach this do I now realize how much of the filmmaker you can see in their films. "

" It's Shane Black. He's a world unto himself. His world is so fun and crazy. "

" I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, because sometimes I don't feel anything at all for things I'm supposed to, and other times I feel too much. It's not always like it is in the movies. "

" I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is. "

" I try not to discriminate against genres. "

" Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally. "

" When I was a kid, I saw 'Rambo First Blood', and the next day, I took knives to school and threw them at everybody. So I was definitely influenced by violent films before 'Drive.' "

" What's nice with comedy is that you know it's working if it's funny. "

" Hollywood usually doesn't have strong woman in films like that, and it's stupid, so for the most part they're usually being directed and written by men. "

" I loved growing up in Canada. It's a great place to grow up because - well, at least where I grew up - it's very multicultural. There's also good health care and a good education system. "

" I did what I had to do to get where I wanted to go. I had unearned confidence. "

" I felt like I was going crazy as a kid. I wanted to be man, get a job. "

" When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging. "

" It's interesting the kind of freedom the musical form gives you. The rules are out the window. You can get impressionistic without seeming pretentious. Because it's perceived as an inherently accessible form, it gives filmmakers some leeway. "

" I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are. "

" They say never meet your heroes. But the addendum to that is 'unless they're Harrison Ford.' "