Marina Abramović
Performance artist
That performance art has become a part of mainstream art.
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Singing on the Berlin Wall to a million people in 1989.
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Still to come, I think.
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Making films exactly how I wanted.
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When I was doing Knight Rider.
Not working and not being able to continue to live this lifestyle.
Selling fire alarms at 18 or 19.
My father, because he's a positive man with an enormous amount of compassion. My mother passed away four days ago.
A new TV series.
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