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" The days of family entertainment seem to have left us. "

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" 'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up. "

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" John Rogers has an encyclopedic mind. Having John as our showrunner is the gift that keeps on giving. He knows more trivial information than anyone I've ever met in my entire life. "

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