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We like movies that are going to have a great sense of fun and thrill to them while at the same time remain very grounded in relatable human emotions and conflicts that the audiences can get behind and root for and empathise with. Anthony Russo

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We have a lot of respect for the fact that you can't make movies without money and that when money comes to the table, that money deserves to have a place in the process as much as anything else in the film-making equation. Anthony Russo

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Yes, DVDs are gone, but there is this wonderful Internet platform out there called YouTube. Anthony Russo

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We like films that make you laugh, make you cry, make you think, scare you, whatever. Anthony Russo

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Each time you see a Western movie, it's a good reflection of where things are in the world at that time. It's probably one of the purest forms of cinema that really tells you where the world is. Antoine Fuqua

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I like the opportunity to make films. Antoine Fuqua

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I like making movies. Antoine Fuqua

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Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream. Antoine Fuqua

The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort. Antoine Fuqua

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I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies. Antoine Fuqua

'Cause movies are human drama, that's it. Antoine Fuqua

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I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism. Antoine Fuqua

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The challenge for a director - and I think a lot of directors feel the same way - is that today we have to put on a producer's hat, too. Meaning, you have to sometimes think of it being 'business show,' not just 'show business.' Antoine Fuqua

I watched the 'Seven Samurai' a lot because I loved it growing up. I can't describe to you how powerful that was. When you're a kid, you can't watch an almost-three-hour movie, but this was a war I just never saw before, with these samurai. I could relate to it, just being poor. Antoine Fuqua

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I grew up watching 'Rocky.' I still love that movie, the original one. Antoine Fuqua

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I don't understand why we give up genres, and the Western is a great genre. It's a part of the rich history of cinema and who we are as we've evolved as people, as a community. Antoine Fuqua

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I think men under pressure - I mean, that's what brings out the worst and the best of us. I like to explore that quite a bit in my characters because I don't see a lot of it on the screen that moved me like the films that I grew up with - that are honest, at least, about honest emotions and honest heroism. Antoine Fuqua

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