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I thought a great line in the What Just Happened movie said, “We’re just the mayonnaise.”

Barry Levinson

I play around with human things, human relationships and that, and allow that kind of talk to work in that way, on that level.
BARRY LEVINSON

Human Human Relationships Kind Relations
I think test screening works at its best when the audience knows what it’s getting.
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Audience Screening Test Thinking
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
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Actors And Television Began Eventually Thing Writing
Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I’ve not found that to be the situation.
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Actors Found Difficult
You do understand that you can’t force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take the audience along, whether it be a storyline or a character moment that we can play out. The more experience you’ve had, the more beneficial it is, period.
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Character Moments Play
You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.
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Certain Happens Proven
I thought a great line in the What Just Happened movie said, “We’re just the mayonnaise.”
BARRY LEVINSON

Happened Line Mayonnaise Movie Thought
You don’t always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.
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Conclusion Satisfactory Want
First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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Achievement First
A lot of time mistakes are very interesting – you look for the behaviour that’s not the one you expect.
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Interesting Looks Mistake
As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
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Digital Editing Made
We’re never going to be the ultimate-insider look. You can do 50 insider looks at this Hollywood business, and the satire didn’t intrigue me. I think others can do that.
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Business Hollywood Insider Satire Thinking
I don’t know that you can do an absurdist film and just have everybody embrace it in terms of filling out cards. I just don’t think it happens. So you have to prepare an audience.
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Embrace Film Thinking
I think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became.
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Appeal Palin Start Talk Thinking
Ronald Reagan was this actor who was going to be president, and he was very charming. What he had was, he talked about America in ways that got people all caught up in it. He was creating this America – it could even be the mythical “America” – that we subscribe to.
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Charming People President
I always think that there is the good and the bad of it all.
BARRY LEVINSON

All Always Bad Good Thinking

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