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Be not merely good. Be good for something.

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Most of the time for me, you're learning what not to do, as opposed to what to do. You never know what to do. I don't, especially in a work environment. You have a little formula yourself. But when I see a director do something I think, whatever he or she just said totally screwed that actor up and now they're worse. I'm never going to do that. I'm going to figure out something else. I want my movie to be good. And that's how it works.

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I'm just looking for material that excites me more than any specific genre. It just needs to be good.

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Passion is what you need to be good, an unforgiving passion.

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I'm very resourceful. I'd be good in prison. I'd be good in a shipwreck. I'd make a great hostage.

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