You have to believe. You have to stick to your guns.

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It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.

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It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.

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I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity.

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The [film] was turned down by thirty-one distributors around the world, including nine in the United States. It was only as a result of the Oscar that this film received worldwide distribution and was seen by millions in countries around the world, many of whom never knew about the great tragedy of the Holocaust.

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To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it.

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