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Sometimes I struggle with being American.

~Debra Granik

Topics: American Being Sometimes Struggle

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Films set in 90210 are ten a penny. But there's rarely room to make films about a different postal code, to show the lives of ordinary Americans who have to live with very limited material resources.

~Debra Granik

Topics: About American Code Different Films Limited Live Lives Make Material Ordinary Penny Postal Rarely Resources Room Set Show Ten Very Who

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It's risky to show poor Americans. People see it as a downer. But I really wanted to make a tightly wound piece of storytelling that also happened to explode the myth of American affluence.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Affluence Also American Downer Explode Happened Make Myth People Piece Poor Really Risky See Show Storytelling Tightly Wanted Wound

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I bring forward stories from the lives of everyday Americans: those whose path hasn't been set out on easy street or who haven't been given it all, those who are actually forging ahead because of their own personal resources, their moxie, their survival instincts.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Actually American Because Been Bring Easy Everyday Forward Given Instincts Lives Out Own Path Personal Resources Set Stories Street Survival Those Who Whose Ahead

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I'm interested in the lives of Americans for whom the ways this culture has tried to define itself - that is, self-esteem defined by material wealth - they have nothing to do with that.

~Debra Granik

Topics: American Culture Define Defined Interested Itself Lives Material Material Wealth Nothing Self-Esteem Tried Ways Wealth Whom

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There are so many American experiences that we can't know about unless we venture out to create a dialogue, to observe, ask questions, and stay there for a while.

~Debra Granik

Topics: About American Ask Create Dialogue Experiences Know Many Observe Out Questions Stay Unless Venture While

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I was the all-American face. You name it, honey - American Dairy Milk, Metropolitan Life insurance, McDonald's, Burger King. The Face That Didn't Matter - that's what I called my face.

~Debra Winger

Topics: All-American American Burger Burger King Dairy Face Honey Insurance King Life Life Insurance Matter Mcdonald Metropolitan Milk Name You

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The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes that it is in the best interests of the American people or that he is genuinely committed to making life better for people.

~Dee Dee Myers

Topics: Accepts Action American American People Because Believes Best Best Interests Better Certain Committed Create Face Face Value Genuinely He Interests Jobs Life Making Never People President Press Taking Value Wants

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For generations, Americans who aren't rich have been generous and admiring of their wealthy compatriots - want a country where people who work hard can succeed, where the same rules apply to everyone. They expect to have their own shot at getting rich. But increasingly, they are seeing that the game is rigged.

~Dee Dee Myers

Topics: Admiring American Apply Been Country Everyone Expect Game Generations Generous Getting Hard Increasingly Own People Rich Rules Same Seeing Shot Succeed Want Wealthy Where Who Work Work Hard

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No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle.

~Dee Dee Myers

Topics: American American People Complex Doubt Effortless Elegance Ever Family Forget Had He Him His House Inauguration Issues Ivy Ivy League Know League Mastery Never No Doubt Obama Only People Perfect Present President See Seen Since Story Struggle Sweat Thinks White White House

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