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"I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

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"The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use."

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