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“I was fortunate enough to never really be bullied. Maybe one time in middle school, but it was my fault. I had said something to someone, and they waited for me outside for a month until finally I put my dukes up and ran out. It was completely my fault.”

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Chris Zylka

Chris Zylka, born on May 9, 1985, is an accomplished actor from the United States. He has gained widespread popularity for his outstanding performances in various television series and films, particularly for his roles in 'Pretty Little Liars' and 'The Vampire Diaries'. more

“Where do we end, and what is the self? You cut off your arm, you're still yourself. You cut off two of your arms, you're still yourself. You cut off your arms and your legs, you're still yourself, right? Also, the idea of the self seems to be embedded right around here, right around the eyes. Infants know to look at the eyes.”

Knows Looks Stills Two Ideas Ends Self Seems Eye Cutting Arms Legs Infant Embedded

Author:Mike Cahill

“We are morphing as we go through things, and then we're presented with the notion of a soul. A soul implies more than just the preservation of energy. Science will tell you that you can explode a person, but their energy still exists - even if they're decimated, the universe will preserve that in the form of heat or whatever it is. So there's a preservation of our molecules or whatever, but is there a preservation of a thing that's called the self if that thing is not actually ever one thing?”

Ifs Persons Stills Soul Self Form Universe Energy One Thing Notion Preserves Heat Preservation Molecules Morphing

Author:Mike Cahill

“I like filmmakers that try to touch upon the metaphysical, the things that are behind all this, that you can't actually physically interact with, but are somehow intuitively there. Maybe you can see the ashes of that fire or the echoes of something happening on a domain not-here, whether that be coincidence, whether that be familiarity with somebody who's a stranger.”

Trying Behinds Fire Happenings Stranger Filmmaker Ashes Echoes Coincidence Metaphysical Domain Familiarity

Author:Mike Cahill

“My two older brothers are both molecular biologists and neuroscientists, and I feel like representing them accurately is never done in movies, and I really wanted to at least capture the spirit of a Ph.D. student whose goal and aspiration is to increase the sum total of human knowledge. That is noble. That was really, really important, to capture the three-dimensionality of scientists. Scientists fall in love, scientists have the greatest sense of humor, scientists are passionate.”