And Hackman had really choked up when he was telling it. It was very moving.

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That's the kind of movie that I like to make, where there is an invented reality and the audience is going to go someplace where hopefully they've never been before. The details, that's what the world...

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I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and that excitement, but I've never actually done it - not since I was in 5th grade, really. But I've had...

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Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it's going to go over. I've had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.

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I will say that Edward Norton, who plays the scout master, would be a first-rate Eagle Scout. He's got all those techniques. If your plane crashes into the jungle somewhere, he would be the guy you...

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Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.

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I'd never heard anything about this at all.

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I've never had a movie that got great reviews. I've had movies that got different levels of good and bad reviews, but you can more or less count on plenty of bad reviews.

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Kids are always open to anything. It's very rare that a kid isn't extremely eager to make you happy.

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I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

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