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

Sebastian Lelio

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

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

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

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" Those of us who make movies play with perception and reality; those who watch our films are responsible for making sense of it. "

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

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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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" I didn't know how I was going to deal with 'Disobedience' because it takes place in such a specific and often secretive world. "

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

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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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" I learned at an early age to be socially effective while practicing disappearing. "

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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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" I was always making new friends, then losing them. "

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

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" In order to make a film, you have to operate on many different levels, making all these different forms of expression converse, and so I just followed that intuition. "

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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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" Every human society has its lights and its shadows. That's the reality of existence. "

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

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" I wanted to be a poet. I wrote from ages 15 to 22, but I left it because I discovered, and fell in love with, cinema. "

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

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" I'm not saying transgender characters should be only interpreted by transgender actors - because that would be as rigid as saying transgender actors cannot play cisgender roles, and that's not the idea. "

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" We all have a potential revolutionary energy inside. "

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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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" Latin American culture is conservative, and the rural areas are tremendously conservative. I don't believe that's just a Chilean thing. "

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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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" 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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" Creative processes are always very opaque. Afterwards, you tend to pretend that everything was planned and it was a strategy, but it was not like that at all. "

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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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