Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a t…

Isabelle Huppert
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Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It's like a drug. ✨ Interview with Christopher Cook, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2001.
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