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" Anyone who has a parent can relate to this idea of not quite understanding who your parents are or making up stories about them. "

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" I've been on a lot of film sets, and I've always promised myself I wouldn't create a set where people dread coming to work. "

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" Kids are always very savvy. It doesn't take long for a kid to realize when an adult is a loser. "

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" Most of my films - if you look at the tone, apart from 'Shadows,' which is straight-up comedy - the tone is a mix between comedy and pathos, and I really love that. "

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" My style of working is I'll often be behind the camera, or right next to the camera yelling words at people, like, 'Say this, say this! Say it this way!' I'll straight-up give Anthony Hopkins a line reading. I don't care. "

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" I'm not very proud of coming from a place that everyone thinks is this pure green country whereas, in reality, all our lakes and waterways are poison. "