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I did my first movie,a movie called Whiffs, which very few people ever saw.
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I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started. 
You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.
If people don't actively knock the scenery over and they get the words out in something approximating the right order, you're moving on.
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In a very real way Norman [Lear] godfathered me into my career. He was the best mentor anybody could have ever had.
