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Interviewer: So, tell me, how did you ……………………. Dagmara?
Dagmara: Well, as you ……………………, Schindler's List
……….in Krakow, in Poland, ………………………. l was a
university student ………………………. studying English. The film
company set up …………………………. here ……………………….
they started………………………… and I got a job …………….,.
production assistant, preparing and …………………………. and
the ………….
Interviewer: ………………………the job as Steven Spielberg's
……………………..?
Dagmara: Well, it was a ………………………………… Just before
the shooting started, ……………………………………in one of the
hotels in Krakow for …………………………………. crew, and l was
invited too. When ……………………………………. the Polish
…………………………. came up to me and said, 'The …………. who
was going to …………………. Steven Spielberg ……………., so we
need you to …………………………………… speech.
Interviewer: How did you …………………………?
Dagmara: I couldn't ……………………… I was………………….,
I had no experience ………………………. and now I was going
to speak in ……………………………. of people. I was so nervous
that I …………………………………………………. to give myself
courage. I ……………… done a pretty ………………. though,
because soon ……………… Spielberg …………………… me to say
thank you and then he said, 'I'd like ………………………. for the
whole film.' l was so stunned ……………………. myself to believe
that ………………………………
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Interviewer: So, what exactly ……………… to do?
Dagmara: l had to go to ………… set every day and ……………
Spielberg's …………………………………. Polish actors, and also to
the extras. ………………… understand what he ………………to do.
It was ……………… and I often felt as if l was a ………………….
Interviewer: So, was ……………………………. job?
Dagmara: …………………….it was really hard. The ……………
was when we had to …………………. again and again …………
Spielberg thought it wasn't ………………………. Some scenes
…………………… as many as 16 times -and then …………….
think that maybe ……………. - that l hadn't ……………… properly
what he wanted, so l'd get …………………. l remember one ………
with ……………. in it which we just couldn't ……………. and
Spielberg started ………………… me because he was …………
Eventually we got it right and then ………………., and I cried a
little, because I was ………………………… and after that it was ………….
Interviewer: So, was Spielberg ………………………………?
Dagmara: Not at all. l mean he was ………………., I had to do my
………………………………., but ……………………………………….
l felt he treated me …………………... For instance, he
………………. making sure that l wasn't cold- …………………. on
the set most …………………, and he would make sure ………….
……………………. coat and gloves and things.
Interviewer: Did you ……………………………an extra?
Dagmara: Yes, ………….! I was going to be in ………………., and
I got to wear ……………………………… and high heels.
Unfortunately, one scene didn't make it ………………………. film,
and before we …………………………. the other one I tripped
…………………. some stairs and ………………. ankle really
……………. I was in so much pain that I …………………. part in
the …………………., and ……………………………'acting career'.
l still have the photos of me ………………. from the 40s, though!
Interviewer: Have you ……………………… Spielberg again?
Dagmara: Yes. A …………. he invited me to …………… for him
again, ……………………. the premiere of Schindler's List in
Poland, which ………………… live on ………………………!
Before that, he had also ……………… come to work as a
……………………………………….. his next movie in Hollywood.
I was …………………………. and thought really ………………., but l
hadn't finished ………………., and all my ………………………. were
in Poland, so ……………………………………. not to go.
Interviewer: Do you …………….?
Dagmara: Not …………. l had my ……………, and it was
…………………., but that was it!