Todd Solondz Quotes

When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to the world that we live in.

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• A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything.

  

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• When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to the world that we live in.

  

  Todd Solondz
  • World
  • Way
  • Surprise