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TV has no choice, but to rely on character, and everybody knows that. I love working in it. It's such a big canvas where, if you're successful, you go on for years.

Doug Liman

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Doug Liman
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 24
Cinematographer
Executive Producer
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New York City
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Douglas Eric Liman
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The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.
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I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.
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To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.
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