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"Yes, I came from nowhere. All my life, I heard Stop daydreaming, Get over yourself, Youll never get there, Aim lower, Youll hurt yourself, from teachers, family, and friends."
Xavier DolanIve been a fan from the first hour. Kate Winslet has inspired me to be — Xavier Dolan
"Ive been a fan from the first hour. Kate Winslet has inspired me to become an actor, a director, a costume designer ... shes helped me to grow as an artist and as a human being in a way that she will never know. When I saw her in Titanic, I was 8 years old. I saw the film and I was like, "Oooh, look at that." Big ideas, ambition, greater than life. It showed me that there were no limits to the things you could dream. I couldnt believe the production design. Do you know the accuracy and the rigor of the research James Cameron did for it? Down to the doorknobs. The accuracy of every detail is nothing short of autistic, and its very impressive. But from the age of 8 to 16, Kate Winslet was the spokesperson of my teenage-hood without ever knowing it. Shes been the face of my wildest artistic dreams. The way she walked, the way she talked ... shes defined the person that I am in so many aspects. And I know that its extremely weird to be talking about this. Some artists do that to you. For me, it was her."
Xavier Dolan
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Xavier Dolan-Tadros is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother, which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section
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