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Julie Delpy

I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior.

Julie Delpy

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Julie Delpy found it challenging to get funding for her first film because it was a drama about a Japanese warrior, which is not a typical project for a woman filmmaker. She suggests that people are more willing to support women when they make romantic comedies, as those fit common expectations better.

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