David Gordon Green Quotes

Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.

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• Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.

  

  David Gordon Green
  • Love
  • Sometimes
  • Working