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I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.
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The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process.
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You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.
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I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.
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Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.
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What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.
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When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism.