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" The more shaded, flawed characters that are struggling, I think there's something very relatable about that. "

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" I didn't know anybody who was a filmmaker - there was no film industry where I grew up. I never knew what a director really did until I was in high school and I started reading up about it. I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller. "

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" To me, Alan Turing was a mystery - it was sort of like something I needed to unravel. And he was also obsessed with puzzles. So I wanted to make the movie like a mystery, like a puzzle that you're piecing together. "

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" When you watch a Hitchcock movie, you feel like learning back because there's a master in control. "

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