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" You have to be responsible to yourself... but that doesn't mean you can't have a point of view about something. "

Scott Borchetta

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" Without naming names, you can take some of the biggest artists of the last 25-30 years and point to those moments where they thought they were going to be movie stars, put the entire weight of a film on their back, and it failed. And some of them didn't recover from that. "

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" Auto racing has been a big part of my life since I was very young. When the car feels right, it's like, 'We've got a big machine.' "

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" It's just part of my DNA. I love racing. "

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