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Chronicle 2' has become this question of, 'How do we all make a movie that we all respect?' And that's true to… — Max Landis Copy Share Image
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When I think about the stuff I've turned down or the stuff I wasn't interested in, I don't have any regrets. Yes,… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
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Ten years ago in Antarctica shooting "Encounters at the End of the World," I met a very fine volcanologist from Cambridge University… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
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Once I was shooting a song for a film. And the producer seemed to be a novice. So he was trying to… — Mallika Sherawat Copy Share Image
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The most thankless job in our film industry is that of lyricists. Next in the list are writers. These two don't get… — Ankit Tiwari Copy Share Image
Whatever I am, I'm not as bad as the person that read the novel before watching the film. I'll enjoy whatever they… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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I'd love to direct, and I think I'd be a great director, but... I've been approved by the studio to direct, which… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
It's that we're experiencing emotion through photo-real apes, and that's really holding a mirror up to who we are. It's interesting, because… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
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Besides kind of like the Wes Anderson, or, of course, a lot of the European movies, most everybody in the States, the… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I definitely want to continue working in independent films - and big budget stuff as well - but there's a freedom you… — Trieste Kelly Dunn Copy Share Image
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![“It was great. I got to hang out with him [Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins], and I kept a straight face for a bit and then I started giggling because I know Martin, I don't know Bilbo. For Martin to be sitting there playing Bilbo is amazing. He's going to be amazing, he's going to be fantastic in…” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/2e4/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_bits_it-was-great-i-got-to-hang-out-with-him_2537966.jpg)
![“Ten years ago in Antarctica shooting "Encounters at the End of the World," I met a very fine volcanologist from Cambridge University [Clive Oppenheimer] and we kept talking about doing a film and all of a sudden it became serious when he hinted at the possibility to film in North Korea.” quote by Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/94a/werner-herzog-964_antarctica_ten-years-ago-in-antarctica-shooting-enc_2781732.jpg)
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![“I wasn't that much of a Disney buff growing up, but I love the mystical and magical nature of Peter Pan, and I have connected with that character through Owen [Suskind] in making this film ["Life, Animated"].” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/9b2/roger-ross-williams-5118_animated_i-wasn-t-that-much-of-a-disney-buff-grow_3110388.jpg)
![“Whatever I am, I'm not as bad as the person that read the novel before watching the film. I'll enjoy whatever they [producers] are putting in front of me. If they made an attempt to get things right, then I'll criticize them for what they got wrong. If they made no attempt to get things right, and…” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/bf9/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_books_whatever-i-am-i-m-not-as-bad-as-the-pers_1766557.jpg)
![“It's that we're experiencing emotion through photo-real apes, and that's really holding a mirror up to who we are. It's interesting, because as we're showing the movie now, we're getting a lot of response about things [people] think are very topical. And the intention is never to approach it from…” quote by Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/1f7/matt-reeves-19952_apes_it-s-that-we-re-experiencing-emotion-thr_988751.jpg)
