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I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my own self into it. That doesn't mean it has to be about myself.

Julie Taymor

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Julie Taymor
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: December 15
Costume Designer
Director
Film Director
Film Producer
Opera Director
Scenographer
Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
Newton
Massachusetts
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Self
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Opera
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