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"I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing. Now, in the film I had to kill my children - well, I didn't want to get that far"

- Ellen Burstyn

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This quote is written / told by Ellen Burstyn somewhere between December 7, 1932 and today. She was a famous Actress from USA. The author also have 22 other quotes.

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