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> [Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too. Now go ahead and ask me if I'm still Polish. You people keep asking me this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-polanski/why-did-erich-von-stronheim-leave-germany-why-did-hitchcock-leave/)

[Roman Polanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-polanski/)

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> [When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-e-grant/when-i-came-to-england-the-first-director-i-met-was-charles-sturridge/)

[Richard E. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-e-grant/)

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