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I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.

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I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. T...more

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The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences...more

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My first reaction, every time I delve into an episode of history that I don’t know very much about, is anger that my teachers never taught me about it...more

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I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12 years-old with my dad's 8-millimeter ...more

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Sadly, racial, ethnic, and cultural hatred and intolerance are not just history, they are current events.