Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
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. . .not worrying about
how you had files in your office.

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I guess he saw it as a package deal.
You either cared or you didn't.

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When we went to Ireland
on Barry Lyndon...

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. . .he left this 1 5-page document. . .
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. . .of care instructions
of how to look after the animals.

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And the 37th instruction is:
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"If a fight should develop
between Freddy and Leo..."

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That was a father and son
tomcats that we had...

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"The only way you can do anything
is dump water on them. . .

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. . .try to grab Freddy
and run out of the room.

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Do not try and pick up Leo.
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Alternatively, if you open a door and
let Freddy out, he can outrun Leo. . .

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. . .but if trapped in a place where
you can't separate them. . .

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. . .keep dumping water, shouting,
jumping up and down. . .

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. . .and distracting
and waving shirts.

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Just try and get them apart
and grab Freddy. "

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I remember once he had a cat that was
drinking excessively and I said:

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"Perhaps you can measure
how much he's drinking. "

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He said, "No, that's impossible.
There are too many cats. "

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Then he phoned back and said,
"I could count the number of laps. "

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And he said, "How much does each lap
take up in terms of water?"

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I said, "I don't think
there's any information. "

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He said, "I'll try and find out. "
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He'd go off and try and find out. . .
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. . .then he'd work it out
and have a figure.

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He was compulsive in that way.
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He was a kind of
ultimate Jewish mother.

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If an animal was ill
or if one of us were ill. . .

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. . .Stanley was like Superman.
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I was very ill myself
for quite a while. . .

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. . .and he was so sweet. . .
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. . .so kind, so Ioyal.
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Everything you want somebody to be,
he was.

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He was really, really kind.
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However, when you weren't ill. . .
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. . .that's when you bought it.
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He very seldom praised you,
because he had this obsession. . .

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. . .that if he praised you. . .

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