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"The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are."
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"A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother."
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"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."
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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."
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"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."
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"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."
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"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."
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"When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent."
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"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin."
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"My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that."
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"My mother taught me to read."
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"My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!"
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"We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world."
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"I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really."
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"Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have voices."
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"Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney."
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"I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are."
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"I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal."
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"Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can."
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"Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral."
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"Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre."
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