A Quote by William Monahan
I have no reason as a director to have films go up in versions that I don't like. My only experience of film after ten years is honestly that if a picture doesn't get second-guessed you're looking at four Oscars, and if a picture does get second-guessed, you're not. I've got an advanced degree in that lesson.
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I'm not someone who wants to be second-guessed at all.
Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't; Thrice I guessed wrong, And I kept my credit on.
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