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" We're very skeptical of people who are too perfect. "

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" You never have any idea where your movie's going to go when you're shooting - you're in this little bubble. Everything you care about is getting the next step right: getting the script right, finding the right actors, shooting it. Then you spend half a year in a dark room editing your film, and you don't talk to anybody. "

" Turing was very strong and driven and, at the same, so awkward and fragile. "

" It's not every actor that can play a genius. "

" As a director, one of my biggest jobs is trying to see what actually works for the actor. "

" For film fans to support 'The Imitation Game' means so much to me, the entire cast and film-making team. "