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Interestingly, when you do films, sometimes you have conscious reasons, things that you were looking for, or stuff that you were trying to do. And then, you see the film and you think, Wow, it ended up being something totally different!

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Jodie Foster
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 19
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