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How do we identify ourselves, and how do we settle into other people's expectations for our identity?
Tilda Swinton
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Tilda Swinton
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 4
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London
England
Katherine Mathilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Swinton
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Maybe it was my revenge on people who had been unkind to me as a child. But it was very easy and a thrill to freeze up children.
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I've been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I've been the victim of that kind of intense kindness masking extreme stupidity.
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I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.
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I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me.
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It's a real comfort zone for me to feel alien.
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