"It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me."
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"Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.“
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"I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation."
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