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" I grew up in a dictatorship in a very Catholic country. "

Sebastian Lelio

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" Cinema is empathy machinery, and we multiply our life experience through cinema. When it is good cinema, it almost counts as a personal experience. "

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" I have never been religious, but I've seen the strength of it. "

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" Either we learn to live together and embrace the complexity of life, or we will end up with fascism again and destroy ourselves. "

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" I had the idea that I'm going to make a trans-genre film about a transgender woman. "

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" This idea of walls, segregation, labels, and 'You against us' and 'We are superior and you are inferior.' Which people are legitimate? Which relationships are legitimate or not? Who declares that under which authority? These are things that are hugely important. "

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" I was writing when I was very young, and then I became interested in everything - I wanted to do photography. I wanted to act. I wanted to write plays, and then I wanted to film and to paint, but I felt that film had a condition that reunites everything. "

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" Rachel Weisz is amazing, instinctive, volcanic - an amazing force of nature. "

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" Casting is an art, and if you're interested in people, like I am, casting is essential. "

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" The idea behind 'Gloria' was to take a secondary character - the aunt, the mother - and stay with her as she becomes our protagonist. "

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" The living experience of film only happens when a film is seen, and only within the spectator, because they project their own fears, desires, and fantasies upon those lights and shadows. "

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" Fashion is totally political, the icon of a political system. "

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" Chilean society is conservative, but U.S. society is puritanical. "

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" It's not that I only want to make films about women, but from my experience, I have been very interested in the women who play these characters. "

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" Sometimes we have to disobey in order to transcend, in order to survive. "

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" I knew 'Transparent' and saw a few episodes of 'Orange is the New Black,' so I knew about the trans actor in that cast. Of course, I saw 'Boys Don't Cry' back in the day. But the path that led me to this subject was different... it's just my curiosity as a human being more than my awareness of any political struggles. "

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" Death is astute as a master. It's a process that teaches people aspects of themselves. "

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" I grew up surrounded by strong women, and that was a very strong influence. "

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" In the case of 'Disobedience,' the very secretive way of life and religion and tradition that the North London Orthodox Jewish community has was a huge invitation to explore an unknown world. And also a possible trap, and I tried to overcome that by portraying it, hopefully, with great nuance and detail and texture. "

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" 'Gloria' is a film about a fifty eight-year-old woman who is quite alone in life; however, she is quite optimistic. Nobody has much time for her, and so she regularly goes to these single adults' parties where she is looking for someone. By the end of the film, she doesn't necessarily find love, but she does find something else. "

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" We all have a potential revolutionary energy inside. "

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" To me, there was something moving about the idea of telling the story of a lady who is, in a way, a forgotten character - someone who would normally be a secondary role in a movie. "

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" The mystery of film is not in the script. It's in the shooting, in the interacting of humans and space and time. "

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" The use of music in 'Gloria' is not cynical. "

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" I went to church as a boy, and then I quite quickly stepped away from religion. But I remained fascinated by the need people have for religion. "

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" I'm very open to following the stories that move me and reach that flexibility where you can be more flexible. I'm expanding my horizons. "

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" There has been too much silliness and cliche when looking at older people: I think that hides a fear of death that we have as a society. We are obsessed with youth and denying death. "

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" In the case of 'Fantastic Woman,' I wanted to make it a more complex animal than just a 'cause' film. Even though I was sympathizing with the character's struggle, I didn't want to be trapped at that level - it's important, but it can be quite basic. "

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" I've been following my intuition and what moves me. "

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" I'm interested in the intersection of character and actor. "

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