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I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas.
Steven Soderbergh
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Steven Soderbergh
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 14
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Steven Andrew Soderbergh
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Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.
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A real litmus test for me is how people treat someone who is waiting on them. That's a dealbreaker for me.If I were on the verge of getting into a serious relationship and I saw that person be mean to a waiter... I'm out.
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My experience over the years with working with people who are not actors or not trained actors is that you have to get to know them well enough to see what they have that's translatable onto the screen.
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We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.
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I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.
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The ought to be a worldwide cultural taskforce that just stops you when you have ideas like combining The Red Desert with an armored car heist movie.
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