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You know the movie Rashomon from [Takeshi] Kurosawa, when all the people in the forest see something different? Each performance was like that.
Marina Abramovic
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Marina Abramovic
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.
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I had such an intense relationship to every person. I still see people on the street and we lock eyes, and say Oh my god! and we just kiss and stay like that and sometimes cry.
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I always do big birthday things. In three years, I'm 70. I'm going to do something outrageous. In America, everyone's always hiding their age.
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Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.
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You know, James Franco is one of the most interesting figures because he has no rules. He breaks all the borders.
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Dali Lama said, 'when you open the heart of the person with humor, you can tell him the most truth. But if you tell him truth without humor, the heart closes.'
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