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George was enormously far-sighted (Gareth Wigan)


George was enormously far-sighted, and the studio wasn't, because they didn't know the world was changing. George did know the world was changing. I mean he changed it.

(Twentieth Century Fox executive) Gareth Wigan (on Fox' signing away the sequel rights and Star Wars merchandising to George instead of paying him more after the success of American Graffiti)

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