her brothers were eleven and nine: unusually young actors, we might think, to be engaged in such high-flying philosophical debates as these two characters find themselves in.

分别是11岁和9岁，不寻常的小演员，我们可能会想，他们来演这雄心壮志的哲学辩论,是怎么样的。

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But I think as you get older, like when you were younger, you might want to do acting

但是我觉得你胆子大一些的时候，比如小的时候，你可能想当演员，

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And the story goes-- He was dealing with a child actor who simply could not cry.

有一次-,和他合作的一个小演员竟哭不出来。

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And, finally frustrated, Hitchcock went to the actor, leaned over, whispered in his ear, "Your parents have left you " and they're never coming back."

最后他沮丧极了，走到那个小演员身边，俯下身子凑到他耳边说，“你爸妈刚把你丢在这了,他们再也不回来了“

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