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...There was a reasonable amount of skepticism when I took over the second movie. I understand that. I directed American Pie. I would be worried too. I tried not to take it personally. I just tried to reassure the fans as much as I could, I even wrote a letter. The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it. I gathered from people who were monitoring the fan sites that people were willing to give me a shot. After that, I figured the next...
...Perhaps you should have had Michael Sheen read the letter as a Volturi proclamation.Actually, I should have had Rob [Pattinson] read...
...your letter to fans you said you'd "protect" the work. What was it like dealing with the author, Stephenie Meyer? We had a long talk on the phone before she gave the green light. In my corner was the fact that she really liked About a Boy. But I think she wanted some assurance about fidelity to the books, which was already important to me. It really did come down to the buzzwords from the books themselves - protection and fidelity and devotion...
...month later, five other pro-life Democrats, led by Tim Ryan of Ohio, sent a letter to Pelosi expressing their concerns as well, but suggesting a compromise to the abortion quandary. This time, Pelosi was interested and she gave Ryan the green light to develop language that ended up known as the Capps amendment, because Lois Capps of California introduced it during the House Energy and Commerce Committee's markup of health reform legislation...
...final Stupak amendment. According to several members who voted for the Stupak amendment, they would have supported a more moderate compromise along the lines of the Ellsworth language if they had been given the chance. As it was, 10 of the 19 Democrats who signed the initial Stupak letter to Pelosi voted against health reform even after their demands on abortion were...