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" Andy was an offbeat personality, shy and insecure. The whole reason for taking a camera with him wherever he went was because he was so shy. He'd break the ice by taking pictures. "

" So many things go on in life that never find their way into the movies because so much of it is unappealing. But that's what I want to show. "

" Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them. "

" Andy was a character, and the two of us did have some things in common. We appreciated funny things, didn't like serious things. "

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" I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you spoof it a bit. "

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" I'm not anti-Hollywood; not at all. In fact, I'm rather fascinated by everything that goes on here. When I get hold of a copy of 'Variety,' I read it cover to cover; I love to know what people are doing. "

" What made Andy famous was the years I managed him. I created the Velvet Underground and told him not to worry about them because they would help his career. All those things I did created his fame. "

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