A lot of big movie directors are adolescent geeks who get a style upgrade and an attitude adjustment after they achieve success — whatever you think of Tim Burton or Quentin Tarantino now, believe it or not, before they had money and clout, they were worse — but a profile of Doug Liman in New York magazine is fascinating partly because Liman doesn't seem to have been changed much by his success. (Reporter Steve Fishman, on meeting with Liman at the director's production office: "Liman arrives late, as usual. As usual, he wears a T-shirt and jeans, though today he’s also got on a long fitted coat. 'You look good,' says an assistant. 'What's wrong?'")
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