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I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

~John Frankenheimer

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I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

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I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.

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I really, really love directing films.

~John Frankenheimer

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I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet.

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I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.

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I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.

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I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't make movies without technicians. And there has to be just one person in charge of everybody, and to me that one person is the director.

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I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

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If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 19th, 1930

Died: July 6th, 2002

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