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"Keanu Reeves has openly thanked Kathryn Bigelow for helping to boost his film career.  The Harry&amp;#039;s Crime star explained that the Oscar-winning director took a huge &amp;quot;leap of faith&amp;quot; by selecting him for her 1991 film Point Break, which paved the way for his later success as an action hero.  &amp;quot;Point Break was one of those wonderful surprises,&amp;quot; he stated. &amp;quot;I hear it wasn&amp;#039;t such an easy sell for Kathryn. Her saying, &amp;#039;No, really, he can be an action guy. No, really&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;It was such a leap of faith. Thank you, Kathryn! You changed my life!&amp;quot; Reeves also spoke highly of filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, who in 1992 cast him in spiritual drama Little Buddha and helped restore the 46-year-old&amp;#039;s credibility following his turn in the Bill &amp;amp; Ted franchise.  He said: &amp;quot;When Bertolucci called, well, that was a nice day. Yes, indeed. I&amp;#039;ve had a couple of breaks, which is what we all need. You know, we&amp;#039;re just dust in the wind, after all.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Reeves: &amp;#039;New film makes people want sex&amp;#039;  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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