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Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.
Michelangelo Antonioni
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Michelangelo Antonioni
Age: 94 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 29
Died: 2007
Died: July 30
Film Director
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A woman's sex appeal is an inner matter. It stems from her mental make-up, basically. It's an attitude, not just a question of her physical features - that arrogant quality in a woman's femininity. Otherwise, all beautiful women would have sex appeal, which is not so.
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Nothing regarding man is ever inhuman. That's why I make films, not iceboxes.
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