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I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas.
Steven Soderbergh
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Steven Soderbergh
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 14
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Atlanta
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Steven Andrew Soderbergh
Peter Andrews
Mary Ann Bernard
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Never had a cup of coffee in my life. Dr Pepper is my caffeine delivery system of choice.
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I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all these films and maybe that will help. But you get tired of talking. You just want to do it.
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