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When I first went to Pittsburgh, I had never been there before, and we hadn't even decided to shoot there yet. I just went to see the location of Michael Chabon's novel. Once there, I became aware that Pittsburgh is a "wonder boy," in the narrow sense of the term, just as the human characters are.

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I was never a critic. I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se. I make that distinction only because I came t…

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Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.

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Consequently, it's so gratifying to then make a picture that's successful and gives you leverage to have better circumstances than you've ever had, b…

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I wrote a couple of scripts on spec that didn't get made but got some attention, and I then got offers to write professionally.

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Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.

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That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different ro…

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What you care about [movie] is whether it's moving you, or whether you're caught up in it.

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I make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic storytellers.

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Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it.

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