![Consider: for all the gobbledegook [film studio] executives spout about backstory, all that we, the audience, want to know is what happens next. That's the only thing that's going on. . . . Character is nothing other than action, and character-driven means The plot stinks, and you'd better hope the star is popular enough to open the movie in spite of it.](/assets/img/quote-photos/consider-for-all-the-gobbledegook-film-studio-executives-spout-about-backstory.jpg)
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