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I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that appealed to me about Nine Queens is that it was a performance piece, and that's the most fun. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#appealed #criminal #fun #i #just

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#anything #cannot #discussion #enforcement #evil

I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#kinds #like #make #movies #ocean

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I feel like I have to work really hard to keep myself afloat, doing what I do. But I find it pleasurable. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#doing #feel #filmmakers #find #had

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#good #i #i think #strengths #their

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all these films and maybe that will help. But you get tired of talking. You just want to do it. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#films #get #help #i #just

In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that digital provides. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#digital #frontal #full #i #learned

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#fun #hard #irony #making #really

Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms. ↗

— Ikkyu Sojun

#break #breeze #brings #cherry #flowers

At times you feel like you're the only voice speaking out to improve the working conditions of people, whether it's to be able to collectively bargain, to get adequate pay, to know that you can come home safe out of a coal mine. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#adequate #bargain #coal #collectively #come