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" Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness. "
Pedro Almodovar
Cinema
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" I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies, but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free, and then I correct it after. "
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" My first memory is of the eyes of my brother; he was looking at me all the time. "
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" In fact, it was the women in our house who were in the saddle. If men are the gods, women are not only the presidents but all the ministers of the government. "
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" Before shooting, I prepare with the actors much more like it's a theater play than a movie. Apparently, that way of working is very unusual. "
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" Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women. "
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" I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and brother. This is something I did through my adolescence and even through my twenties. "
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