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I Don't Know What Has Happened To Movies, But Lately Every Movie Is At Least 20 Minutes Too Long. It Used To Be That If You Were Three Hours Long It Was Because It Was Epic - A Movie About Gandhi; Something With Very Important Subject Matters.

I've Had Different Opportunities In My Life, But I've Tried To Maintain The Spirit Of An Amateur. Our Culture Roots Everything In The Barometer Of Success And How Much Money You Make. But If You Really Just Aspire To A Life In The Arts, It's Really Not A Barometer At All.

We're Fascinated By Things That Scare Us, And One Of The Things That Scares Us Is Violence. Violence Exists. It's A Real Part Of Our Lives. We Are Obsessed With What We're Scared Of, But It Certainly Doesn't Define Us.

When I See Lionel Messi Play Soccer, He Lets The Game Come To Him. He Lets The Game Unveil Itself To Him, Then Like A Lion He Eats The Whole Thing.

The Experience On That Movie (dead Poets Society) Was, For Lack Of A Better Term, Life-altering. Peter Weir Has A Unique Talent For Making Movies That Are Intelligent But Also Mainstream. I've Never Been Terribly Successful At Doing That.