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Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film.
Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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I have a lot of people to thank but they're none of them here so I'm not going to bother.
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