All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish.

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She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger...

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger...

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is...

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is...

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless...

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless...

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid...

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid...

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is...

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is...

Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right.

Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on...

Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on...

As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost...

As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost...

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In...

All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In...

I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my...

I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my...

The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's offensive to the religion...

The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's offensive to the religion...

I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie....

I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie....

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you...

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you...