I could have concentrated on George Clooney's character, ... I could have had him in every scene and told the entire story from his point of view. That certainly would have made my life a lot easier over the last several years. But the canvas was too large. These days, if you make a movie about East and West and turn it into a simple piece of disposable entertainment, that seems to me criminal. Stephen Gaghan
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![[With a movie star,] they don't blend in - that's the point. That's why they get $20 million and 20 percent of gross, it's so they don't blend in, ... So when George said he wanted to play the role, that was my first question - how are we going to do this? - Stephen Gaghan Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1dpdGggYSBtb3ZpZSBzdGFyLF0gdGhleSBkb24ndCBibGVuZCBpbiAtIHRoYXQncyB0aGUgcG9pbnQuIFRoYXQncyB3aHkgdGhleSBnZXQgJDIwIG1pbGxpb24gYW5kIDIwIHBlcmNlbnQgb2YgZ3Jvc3MsIGl0J3Mgc28gdGhleSBkb24ndCBibGVuZCBpbiwgLi4uIFNvIHdoZW4gR2VvcmdlIHNhaWQgaGUgd2FudGVkIHRvIHBsYXkgdGhlIHJvbGUsIHRoYXQgd2FzIG15IGZpcnN0IHF1ZXN0aW9uIC0gaG93IGFyZSB3ZSBnb2luZyB0byBkbyB0aGlzPyA=&author=ICBTdGVwaGVuIEdhZ2hhbiAgICA=&num=12 "[With a movie star,] they don't blend in - that's the point. That's why they get $20 million and 20 percent of gross, it's so they don't blend in, ... So when George said he wanted to play the role, that was my first question - how are we going to do this? - Stephen Gaghan Quotes")
