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I love audiences, but they're not there to drive the bus. Whenever you ask opinions or anticipate opinions you can get pretty terrible art, or non-art. You need a single guiding intelligence, even in a collaborative form.
William Monahan
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William Monahan
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 3
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Out of all of the Star Trek movies, I happen to like the most recent one the best. I think it was the best one ever done.
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My gratitude to Ridley [Scott] isn't anything new. I named one of my kids after him. But he's a very important person to me.
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