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A Thousand Years Ago, Scientists Who Wondered About Consciousness And The Nature Of Reality Were Burned At The Stake. We Still Haven't Recovered From That And It's Left Us With A Culture That No Longer Investigates Consciousness, Except On The Fringes.

When Most People Turn On Their Tvs, They Don't Expect A Frank Discussion Of Philosophical Ideas In Their Practical Context. Or Any Context.

I Think Jennifer Lawrence Is That Inside Of Herself. As Long As I've Known Her She's Been Both 10 Years Old And 50 Years Old. And We've Watched Her Grow Up Since She Walked On "silver Linings Playbook" As A 20-year-old And Had Not Been - "hunger Games" Had Not Come Out. And I've Watched Her Have To Take On And Deal With A Great Deal Of Attention And Resources And People.

I Think What Makes Compelling Fiction Or Cinema Is When You're Basically Taking The Most Intense Moments Of Experience And You're Creating A Song Or A Narrative Out Of It.

I Hadn't Made That Movie Before And When I Ever Met The Real Joy Mangano, Which Happened Because De Niro Insisted We Meet Her And Her Father, That's What She Felt Like To Us. She Impressed Us With Her Quiet, Serene Authority With Herself.