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I love football. I played it into two years of college.
Peter Landesman
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Sony is the only studio without broadcast relationships with the NFL.
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Will Smith is the most successful money-making movie star on planet Earth, in terms of just how many people have gone to see his films, so Will is a guy who gets movies made.
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I love the game. I love to watch. I watch it with my kids. I'm able to divorce the beauty of the athletics from the corporate entity that is the National Football League.
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What interested me was the story of Bennet Omalu. You hear his narrative: Immigrant from Nigeria, landing in Pittsburgh, only to learn and tell the truth about this most American - and sacrosanct - cultural institution: the NFL.
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I am an old journalist, so I always do a lot of research and dive deep into people's character, who they are, and their motivation.
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To me, film is the most complete method of storytelling.
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I don't actually see that much difference between telling stories in journalism and telling them on film. The tools are very different, but the basic idea is the same.
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As a journalist, as a screenwriter and as a director, I'm trying to tell compelling and truthful stories.
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I played football the whole time I was growing up, and through two years of college. I think it's a beautiful game in many respects, one that allows you to follow a player from boyhood through manhood.
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I was a war correspondent. I've watched great people crumble under pressure and make bad decisions.
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Tom Hanks comes with a lot of credibility.
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