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Oscar Nominees 2013 Look Back
Take a look at what the 2013 Academy Award nominees have told Oprah over the years about success, failure and finding your voice.
By Taniesha Robinson
Original Content  |  January 10, 2013
Benh Zeitlin and Oprah Winfrey
Best Director Nominee Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

"I wanted to make a film that celebrated the holding out for home and your culture and refusing to be pushed back, and to create almost a song to that, like a national anthem of what it is to stand strong." — Benh Zeitlin telling Oprah the intention behind his first film, for which he received this year's nomination
Printed from Oprah.com on Monday, June 17, 2013
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