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Film has a tendency to be limiting in some way and it shouldn't be. It's a form that can be explored and changed.
Hugo Weaving
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Hugo Weaving
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 4
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It's great to blow the image that people have of me out of the water.
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I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either.
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