I've always been such a fan of short films - in fact, I never considered that I would … - Sarah Polley

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I believe I was impatient with unintelligent people from the moment I was born: a tragedy - for I am myself three-parts a fool.

Sarah Polley

I've always been such a fan of short films - in fact, I never considered that I would actually make a feature. I just thought I wanted to make shorts for the rest of my life. They are a lot harder to have shown and a lot harder to find and see as an audience, but I don't know. It's just a form that I really love. I was just making them for the process, but ultimately, I did get them into festivals, and they did end up on television, and they had as much of a life as short films can.

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