"It's difficult to get films made, especially films about poets."

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"It's difficult to get films made, especially films about poets."

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"What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say the latter. It was the same with the Civil War, because the landed gentry's money was being stolen by the king."

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"Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out."

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"You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things."

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