"Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative."
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"I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides."
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"Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do."
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"If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding."
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"My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective."
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"Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one."
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"Notice what no one else notices and you'll know what no one else knows."
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"American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information."
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"It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry."
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"It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money."
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"I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it."
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"New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation."
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"As we applaud the hard-edged realism of the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan, we cringe at the thought of seeing the same on the nightly news.We are told it would be pornographic."
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"When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view."
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"You should never try irony or self-effacing humour."
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"Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business."
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"I don't want people to be inspired or offended by what I do. If you determine your behavior by what [other people] want, you're screwed."
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"If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment."
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"I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport."
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"Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust."
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