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I always fight hard to push a movie to the point where it pulls me.

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I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.

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I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing.

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I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally.

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I always think a successful television series is the best job because it gives you community, it doesn't demand temporary insanity the way movies do, and you can be almost a normal person.

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I came to 20th Century Fox to do movies, and then they started a network, and they asked me to do a show as part of their starting what became the Fox network.

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When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.

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I think television keeps on being a place where writers can go, and if they're successful, they can have their way, and they can have creative freedom.

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I love it if comedy reflects real life because to me it's more reassuring that we'll get through.

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Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got so much going for you, a good community, everybody's hanging together, and you get to do it every week.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: May 9th, 1940

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