That's not what I do. I work with actors," "My proposal to the actors was: 'okay,we're going to be in a room we're going to do this strange thing, but every molecule of what you create will be what your character does.

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As far as my work was concerned, he said, "Go ahead. Everything you do is great."

只要我一有工作，他就会说，干吧，你做的事都是了不起的“

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When I do my best to imagine some kind of existence that would be desirable or attractive forever, it just doesn't work. It becomes a nightmare.

当我尽力想象一种,令人永远期望迷恋的存在时，根本想象不出，总是变成恶梦。

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