"It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films."

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"Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work."

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"That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them."

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"I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden."

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"I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful."

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"Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules."

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