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I think the success of any movie is dependent upon it being a singular vision.

Everyone has a warped vision of Hollywood and what success in Hollywood is like.

I'd done a ton of movies here in Hollywood, and I realized that every movie I'd done was somebody's else's work and someone else's vision.

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

All movies, when they're about the music business, tend to have a bit of a wide latitude in terms of how things really were.

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

There's definitely a visual aspect and an emotional aspect to a song. And that harks back, for me, to theater.

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

I knew that in Hollywood they tend to pigeonhole talent, and when you experience a little success in one genre, their instinct is to keep you in that box.