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" When I made 'The Notebook,' the director, Nick Cassavetes, who is John's son, used to show me his father's movies. "

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" The '70s just seemed dirty, honestly, and not in an interesting way. It's not the '80s. In fact, it's 10 less. I grew up in the '80s, so that's more of an interesting time to me. "

" When I was a kid, I was kind of obsessed with that movie 'Dick Tracy.' Burger King had all this 'Dick Tracy' stuff, and I collected all of it, and I had the posters, and I watched it on a loop. "

" I don't believe in ghosts. "

" There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film. I have done it. It's not my favorite way to work. "

" You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide. "

" 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. "

" Women are better than men. "

" My sister and I used to sing at weddings. We would sing 'When a Man Loves a Woman' to the bride. We'd do it right before the garter ceremony. "

" I'm glad I have an outlet. I don't think I would put my aggression elsewhere, but working on the projects I have worked on, you tend to benefit personally from trying to wrap your head around the way other people look at the world. "

" It was a strange experience, making a love story and not getting along with your co-star in any way. "

" I don't believe my house was haunted. I think I had an overactive imagination, and I was so convinced that those around me became convinced, too. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore. "

" I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people. "

" My mom was really cool. "

" 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 know that I'm with the person I'm supposed to be with. "

" When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have to try and become the person that they deserve. "

" I know there are only so many characters I'll be able to play. "

" I really believe my films are going to be successful, that I'm making 'The Blair Witch Project' - something that will transcend expectations and resonate with people. "

" You feel good if you've done hard work. You sleep better. You get stuck in your head if you have too much time to think. "

" I didn't want to make a literal film about Detroit, because it felt like what they were experiencing was more universal than that. "

" Working with someone is the best way to get to know someone, especially if it's a creative endeavor. "

" 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 feel like everything has happened naturally. "

" I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that that there's so much about what they bring to the scene that keeps it so interesting. Their instincts are so different, and they never explain them to you. "

" I'm going to make a movie about 'Hey Girl.' "

" I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me. "

" I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a lot about stuff like the war and the reasons behind it, and you now it's all in the uniform. Once you're in it, it usually does all the work for you. "