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" Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene. "
James L. Brooks
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" Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy. "
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" If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing. "
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" What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it. "
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" I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real. "
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" It's craziness to see yourself as damaged goods, so I was the goofy kid who'd stop a strange adult and say, 'Do you know how to get to Palm Avenue?' They'd say no, and I'd say, 'You go two blocks and turn right. You can't miss it.' "
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You
" I'm big on research. "
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" I always think a successful television series is the best job because it gives you community, it doesn't demand temporary insanity the way movies do, and you can be almost a normal person. "
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Best
Community
" I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally. "
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Always
" I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny. "
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" A lot of things just aren't true any more. "
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Lot
Just
" I was only in college, unfortunately, for, um, a year. I think my major was public relations, and I had no idea what it meant except it seemed maybe attainable. "
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" I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens. "
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Finish
Open
" I took some time out for life. "
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" I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true. "
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