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I didn't really get any rigorous background in film history.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

I didn't come from a background of films. I didn't even really ever watch films. The fact is, my parents weren't into that stuff, and neither was I.

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.

Being a little bit of a movie buff, the fact that I'm working in the middle of movie history is incredible.

I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.

My films are completely new. I am not similar to anybody in the history of movies.

When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.