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• Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.

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• You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

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• You know, when people want to get any information, research information, it will all exist on these Web sites.

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• You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

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• Well, like any time you’re shooting documentary stuff, you’ve got to be in the moment, and you’ve got to be able to be in control enough to capture what’s happening.

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• Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films.

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• You know it’s always amazed me – I think the most startling thing that’s happened in the last couple of decades is that there is no sort of objective reporting anymore.

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• When you make a movie outside the system and it’s successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.

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Brian De Palma (28)

Birth:	11th September, 1940
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Film Director, Screenwriter

About

Brian De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey. He is an American film director and screenwriter. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films. He directed successful and popular films such as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, and Mission: Impossible.  When he was in high school, he built computers. He won a regional science-fair prize for a project titled "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations".

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