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I'm not a woman! Let's make that very clear! Oh I don't know, maybe I am. I am an American woman. Or 65 percent of me is.

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Lars von Trier
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 30
Cinematographer
Film Director
Film Producer
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I am very romantic about communism even still, but I know terrible things happened.
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I come from a family of communist nudists. I was allowed to do or not do what I liked. My parents were not interested in whether I went to school or got drunk on white wine.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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I'm fighting against my will to control. I think that is what I am doing. I would like to accept things in life, in all matters of life I would like to accept, but it's so difficult. I think we all have this struggle.
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