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That's half of what we do our daily lives - we react to our surroundings. Of course, we have to make it entertaining, and we are entertainers.

Nicolas Winding Refn

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Nicolas Winding Refn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 29
Film Director
Film Producer
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Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.
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I've been trying to get away from physical violence it's too easy it doesn't satisfy me artistically to work with it. Dramatic violence is much more interesting, but it's much more difficult.
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