François Ozon
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No, I’m a very bad father, I abandon all my children. (Laughs.) Right now I’m in the present, and the future – what’s past is past.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Those mad thoughts. Did you turn off the air fryer? Have I booked my plane for tomorrow?
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Material. I wake up in the middle of the night and write jokes.
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