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You're not turning the picture over to a system or a process, you are the process, and the most important thing is to have things exactly as you want them.

William Monahan

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William Monahan
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 3
Critic
Film Director
Journalist
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Boston
Massachusetts
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