Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

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When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make...

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

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You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is...

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The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I...

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You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just...

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I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of...

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I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

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My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

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I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic...

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I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.

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I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an...

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I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and...

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I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and...

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house....

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Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that...

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that...

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Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility...