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Sarah Polley

My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it.

Sarah Polley

Mom

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Sarah Polley is saying that her mother passed away from cancer when she was a child, and although she usually avoids using acting roles to process personal experiences, this situation affected her deeply. Despite trying to stay detached from her emotions about her mom's death, it still influenced her work in some way.

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