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> [We didn't set out to make some polemic about life in the digital age, I can only react emotionally to story ideas. You hear an idea and you go, 'That's cool. I can see spending a few years of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-mostow/we-didn-t-set-out-to-make-some-polemic-about-life-in-the-digital-age/)

[Jonathan Mostow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-mostow/)

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## More by Jonathan Mostow

> [The thing about the human face is that we're so genetically programmed to recognize differences in human faces that, when you're digitally affecting faces,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-mostow/the-thing-about-the-human-face-is-that-we-re-so-genetically/)

[Jonathan Mostow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-mostow/)

> [If I have a rare Saturday night when I can go out to see a movie, I look at the paper and I go,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-mostow/if-i-have-a-rare-saturday-night-when-i-can-go-out-to-see-a-movie-i/)

[Jonathan Mostow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-mostow/)

> [It's a very different thing when you're able to read something and see it in your mind, then to imagine it on screen. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-mostow/it-s-a-very-different-thing-when-you-re-able-to-read-something-and/)

[Jonathan Mostow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-mostow/)

> [The nature of a movie story is you have to keep charging forward and keep the audience with the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-mostow/the-nature-of-a-movie-story-is-you-have-to-keep-charging-forward-and/)

[Jonathan Mostow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-mostow/)

> [We didn't set out to make some polemic about life in the digital age, I can only react emotionally to story ideas. You hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-mostow/we-didn-t-set-out-to-make-some-polemic-about-life-in-the-digital-age/)

[Jonathan Mostow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-mostow/)

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