The feature film business, the studio film business, feels to me like there's just nowhere else to go. … - Matthew Specktor

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Matthew Specktor

The feature film business, the studio film business, feels to me like there's just nowhere else to go. It's like a record that's just skipping at the end, with the needle stuck in the run-out groove.

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I thought, writing is everything, it's so much more important than this or that. If only I could give that young man a stern talking to. Having a child changes things quite a bit.

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