The Independent2000

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Ted Demme:
I think Morty is a visionary.

Roger Corman:
I think Morty was and is an artist.

Ron Howard:
He's an innovator.

Karen Black:
Very persistent. And you have to love him for that.

Peter Bogdanovich:
Morty would try things, and then 2 years later someone would copy it and win an Oscar for it.

Fred Williamson:
This is the only man that I've ever worked with that I feel I can't take.