"My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story."

Love, Actors, First, Instinct

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"My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story."

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"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."

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"In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them."

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"Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing."

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"When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left."

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"Kiss me and you will see how important I am."

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Helen Keller, American Author

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"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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