I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents, our comedians, and our actors to do that . . . It's funny. You say that people prefer a tasteful formalism - as opposed to an oppressive formalism - but I do feel very strongly that form follows function.

The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.

It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.

What I've experienced, I'm trying to put in a narrative form, I suppose, to say that it does make sense in this way.

Now with digital, we have much better projection, and if the theaters are charging higher prices but providing refreshments and a clean, well-lit theater, there's no reason why this cannot go on as a senior-citizen-driven business for years. Especially with movies for adults.

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