A square olive-green wooden peg beside a round hole in a bright orange surface.

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Robert Altman

Hollywood just doesn't want to make the same pictures I do, and I'm too old to change.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A shrug of resignation: Hollywood isn't interested in the kind of pictures the speaker makes, and at this age the speaker isn't going to switch styles. It's part complaint and part stubborn pride, with no bitterness spelled out and no attempt to change course.

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