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  • I hadn't made that movie before and when I ever met the real Joy Mangano, which happened because De Niro insisted we meet her and her father, that's what she felt like to us. She impressed us with her quiet, serene authority with herself.

    "How Director David O. Russell Discovered 'Joy'". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. December 26, 2015.