I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.

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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.

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I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.

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When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable.

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I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.

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I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.

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But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.

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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.

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Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.

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Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see, and what they don't want to see.

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