How is “cut corners” used?

In American Beauty (1999), one line is: “So I'm sure you can understand our need to cut corners around here.”

Which movie is “cut corners” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from American Beauty (1999).

to do sth in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving sth out

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to do sth in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving sth out
- Am I the only subcontractor you encouraged to cut corners? - Excuse me.
protect the police that don't cut corners, so the police that do are exposed.

Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9th edition

So I'm sure you can understand our need to cut corners around here.

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