"It’s the situations that these distant relationships create that interest me more than the distance itself."

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“You don’t want to be imitating his style. You’ve got to create something different, something that he hasn’t done.”

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“Your Names success told me movies still have the power to connect with society. As a medium, it still has a power that resonates.”

“But I do want to trigger emotions like his movies triggered our emotions.”

“I think most directors and people who make anime would agree that their latest film is probably the one they feel the most confident in, that they have done their best and put everything into.”

“But the thing about getting rejected is that you reflect and think and analyze about why you got turned down. You learn a lot more from stories about getting rejected than stories about becoming happy.”

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