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" You can make a thousand different movies about the same subject. "
Pedro Almodovar
Different
Thousand
You
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" Before shooting, I prepare with the actors much more like it's a theater play than a movie. Apparently, that way of working is very unusual. "
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" In fact, it was the women in our house who were in the saddle. If men are the gods, women are not only the presidents but all the ministers of the government. "
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" My first memory is of the eyes of my brother; he was looking at me all the time. "
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" I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness. "
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" I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and brother. This is something I did through my adolescence and even through my twenties. "
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" Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women, because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why. "
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