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“Observing life, living through it. As you experience life some events call upon you to suffer through them and that's what brings inspiration.”

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Andrey Zvyagintsev

Andrey Zvyagintsev is a renowned Russian film director born on February 6, 1964. His works are known for their profound themes and unique narrative style, and he has won numerous awards at international film festivals. more

“It's funny, it never occurred to me that a movie star would play me. But now that she [Reese Witherspoon] is playing me, it's like, of course, it couldn't be anyone else! I don't know if you've seen pictures of Reese and me and Reese and my daughter Bobbi, who's named after my mother, and also plays me. There's a kind of resemblance.”

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Author:Cheryl Strayed

“I grew up in northern Minnesota on 40 acres of wooded land 20 miles from the nearest town, and so the wilderness was home. It was not an unsafe place. I had that advantage. But there are so many representations of the wilderness being dangerous. You know, depictions of wild animals attacking people. It's like, "No, we kill those animals in far greater numbers than they kill us."”

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Author:Cheryl Strayed

“So on one hand, because the wilderness was familiar to me, it really helped me be brave. But it still was scary sometimes. I had to say to myself: "Chances are, you're not going to be mauled by a bear."”

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Author:Cheryl Strayed

“I actually don't have any fear of people reading Wild and going out unprepared. Because one of the best things that ever happened to me was that I went out unprepared. And when you really think about it, all I did wrong was that I took too much stuff, which is the most common backpacker mistake. The part that I wasn't prepared for is the part you can't prepare for.”

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Author:Cheryl Strayed

“I would never jump under a subway car because that would delay all the people behind me. How inconsiderate!”

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Author:Signe Baumane

“There can be no formula in arts. Formulas are for factory mass productions. There are no discoveries in already discovered formulas.”

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Author:Signe Baumane

“I define art as a work created by a human that has a unique point of view and discovers something that was not there before.”

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Author:Signe Baumane

“By using formula in filmmaking we are admitting that film is not art.”

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Author:Signe Baumane

“I guess for major film industry players a film is a money making devise, so using formulas assures them that their investment will have returns. A lot of big studio films are created by formulas and committees, stripping away any individuality or personality from the work so that they could appeal to most everyone on there planet but to no one in particular.”

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Author:Signe Baumane

“Once an audience feels that you trust them like you trust a friend, they do become your friends.”

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Author:Signe Baumane

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