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Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.


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DAN GLICKMAN I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with ...
DAN GLICKMAN The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and ...
DAN GLICKMAN Where there is a problem, the risks to the public are greater than they've ever been before.
DAN GLICKMAN Technology has not only changed the way people are able to view movies, it has changed the way our i...
DAN GLICKMAN The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting so...
DAN GLICKMAN There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultiv...
DAN GLICKMAN Meat and poultry is safe. It's safer than it's probably ever been.
DAN GLICKMAN If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect int...
DAN GLICKMAN I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do i...
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