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Seeing movies about mental illness, a lot of falseness has leapt out at me over the years... So I just focused on what I remembered, the real experience of seeing somebody like that. And as an adult, I’ve had family members who are bipolar, so I’ve seen it again.

Maya Forbes

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Maya Forbes
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: July 23
Film Director
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Television Producer
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