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" Well, it's 15 years since Sex, Lies And Videotape, and if you hang around long enough you're having the same arguments with just a new set of people every few years and it gets boring. "
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Enough
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" A lot of people get very misty-eyed about celluloid. When I think of the time that's wasted in sending it back to the lab and having it developed and brought back, it would make me insane. I love getting my hands on the stuff immediately. That doesn't work for everybody. It just works for me. "
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" The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do. "
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" I watch a lot of true crime on TV. "
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" I'm of the minority opinion that presidents should be given more power for less time. "
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" I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films. "
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" I try to focus on the stuff that I can control and let go of the other stuff. "
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" Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering. "
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" Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality, it's just another aesthetic form of fiction. "
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" One of the reasons why I think virtual reality, as a narrative format, is never going to go beyond the short-form immersion space is because the bedrock of visual storytelling is the reverse angle. If you can't look into the eyes of the protagonist, you cannot hold people's attention for more than 15 minutes. "
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