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" So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team. "

Kenneth Branagh

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" My experience of great storytelling, working with classics, is just finding a way to present it simply but let the story do its own work, or be an invite to the audience's imagination. "

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" I suppose that was my first bit of acting, the acquisition of an English accent. It was really just an attempt to be understood. "

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" In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace. "

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