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So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

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Antoine Fuqua
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 19
Film Director
Film Producer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are.
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Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along.
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In movies you get to do that. Sometimes with the vigilante justice movie he has to also tangle with police, which are traditional or security people. Is there going to be any of that in this?
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I would be lying to you if I said I wouldn't love for it [Equalizer] to become a franchise, I would love for it to become a hit and all that great stuff. Who knows-you just make the best movie you can make, you know it's like, eat the whole thing, one piece at a time. And then, we'll see what happens, I would love for it to be.
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