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" Whenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they're in another country. "

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" Digital technology is the same revolution as adding sound to pictures and the same revolution as adding color to pictures. Nothing more and nothing less. "

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" There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies. "

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