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And the awkwardness is what is most interesting to me, and I like to wave the flag for the people that don't feel like they can control the room, don't feel like they're the best-looking people around, and it's good to tell their story. People usually come across the film when it’s time for them to feel that resonance, that vibration in the world, or they’ve already found it. He would always say, “You know, Buddy, you spend years on a script, you get out there, don’t settle.” I would think about that, and I would think “That’s true.

Of course, he didn't look like me, which was a help.

Cameron was really great at setting the table for creativity.

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How frustrating was having Brad Pitt pull out? Crowe: You know what I think? Add to Wishlist. I don’t know, cool’s kind of in the eye of the beholder a little bit.

And my answer is usually it speaks to your heart and your own commitment, your own passion to get that. A young couple travels to Baguio to escape the Metro’s summer heat.

Again, to quote Woodward, they get to write the first draft of what history is going to be about this music and this people. Were there things that you thought, "I can't actually put that in the movie" - things that went on that are too dark or too personal?