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I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

Sam Taylor-Wood

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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!
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I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.
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I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life I'd be Loretta Lynn.
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I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.
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One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
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Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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