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People kept passing our [ with Robert Ben Garant] script around, and suddenly we had this reputation as screenwriters, which we're not… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
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Graphic novels and comic books offer an easy foothold into that world, and screenwriters and studio execs gravitate toward those, because I… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
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