'The Big Sick' Writer Emily V. Gordon: "You Can't Be Precious With Your Own History" | Writer Roundtable
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"Taking this actual real life event that touched you and was very important to you and creating a story from it is always a challenge," the writer says about turning her own story into a movie.
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