Ann Nocenti Quotes

There is an unspoken feminist layer to Katana. She's an aggressive modern woman with traditional Japanese roots. She was in love with her sword because she believed it contained her husband.

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• Tokyo in the late 1960s seemed to be like one of the futures that science fiction presents. Here was the proto- super-technology of the future, electronically, robotically, blahblahblah, intercut with traditional Japanese cultural patterns, Shinto patterns.

  

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• Kelly Clarkson definitely reminds me of Motown. She's pop, but she's also very, very soulful.

  

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• If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

  

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• I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.

  

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• There's work for everybody, and I believe every actor gets what he/she deserves. Honestly, I just want to work as long as I can and do great films and act with every good actor around.

  

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• There is an unspoken feminist layer to Katana. She's an aggressive modern woman with traditional Japanese roots. She was in love with her sword because she believed it contained her husband.

  

  Ann Nocenti
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  • Husband
  • Feminist