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A large part of my filmmaking self has to do with my love of being in the cinema audience, and my relationships to what I want to see on the screen, what I have seen on the screen and what I don't want to see on the screen again.

Tilda Swinton

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Tilda Swinton
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 4
Actor
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Film Actor
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Stage Actor
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London
England
Katherine Mathilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Swinton
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