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If we don’t get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It’s time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.
I’d never made a teen comedy in my life.
The great thing that guys like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and the Google guys have in common is they treat their technology like it’s art, and I suppose in the hands of virtuosos like them, it is.
There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes.
I’ve been involved with violent movies, and then I’ve also said at a certain point, ‘I can’t take it anymore. Please cut it.’ You know, you’ve got to respect the filmmaker, and it’s a really tough issue.
We’ve been able to access deals that under our former relationship with Disney – with tax advantages and strategic partners – that we just weren’t able to do.
George Clooney’s ‘Ides of March’ could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they’re gonna go back and say, ‘Oh, that was American politics in that time period.’ I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic.
I… grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.
Last year, when ‘Black Swan,’ ‘True Grit’ and ‘King’s Speech’ all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.
My movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis.