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Different Reactions While Film Test Screening Doesn't Mean Even The Audience Thinks Ambiguity Is A Bad Thing. But If You're Asking Them Right Away To Start Checking Things Off, They Don't Know What To Do. I Think At Their Best, It Applies To When The Audience Knows What It Is. Then, When They Say, "oh, Well, I Thought It Was Too Boring In Blah-blah-blah Part," Then You Better Pay Attention To It. It's Like Going For The Hamburger. Better Be The Good Hamburger I Went For.

We're Never Going To Be The Ultimate-insider Look. You Can Do 50 Insider Looks At This Hollywood Business, And The Satire Didn't Intrigue Me. I Think Others Can Do That.

I Never Really Wanted To Be An Actor. And That Was The Beginning Of It, I Began To Write Things Down And Eventually Became A Writer On A Television Show.

It's Such A Funny Thing. Hollywood Is Terrible Unless You Happen To Be A Celebrity Who's A Republican. So Ronald Reagan Can Be A Hollywood Celebrity, And He's A Republican, And Then He Can Become The President, And That's Okay. Fred Thomson, Well, That's Okay. But The Rest We Need To Demonize. There's No Consistency.

If You Test Iron Man And That Audience Doesn't Respond Well, You Can Be Damn Sure That There Is Something Wrong With The Movie That You Have To Address. Because They're Expecting A Certain Amount Of Action, Right? They Want A Hero. There Are Certain Things That Have To Be Compatible With The Way The Audience Is Thinking About It. If You Take Some Other Film, Like No Country For Old Men, You Can End Up With All Kinds Of Crazy Reactions.