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I often have a theme in mind when I'm starting. I know that I want everything to be in a world of, say, evolution, or guilt.

Charlie Kaufman

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Charlie Kaufman
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 1
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Theme
Guilt
Starting
Evolution
Often
Everything
Mind
World

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