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I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.
Gus Van Sant
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Gus Van Sant
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 24
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Louisville
Kentucky
Gus Greene Van Sant Junior
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