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  • I learned a lot from Clint [Eastwood], who's an extremely economic director. I learned a lot from Michael Winterbottom, who really gave a lot of trust in the actors and allowed them to live in the space instead of trying to manipulate and make it too set and too staged. Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot of being an actors' director and what that is. I've learned a lot from pretty much everybody. Hopefully I've picked up something from everybody I've worked with.

    "Angelina Jolie on "Playing Vivienne" in The Tourist, Becoming Ladylike, and Her Directorial Influences". Press junket, Paris, www.popsugar.com. December 1, 2010.