方济说:“Give me a child at 7, and I will give you the man. ”虽然存在阶级固化的现象、虽然“对自由和纪律的理解决定了一个人的命运”,但这并不表示我们对他人命运轻易做出的预测就会是正确的。导演在幕后访谈中提到自己做的几次预测:拍摄21 Up时Tony像个小混混,很可能会被抓进监狱,于是导演特地拍了不少他在街头晃悠的场景以作备用,却没能排上用场。
“...I don't think really life is there to be regretted. Life is there to be lived, and I feel the most important thing is to feel that by that large you haven't compromised too much and that you've moved your life on where you want your life to go. ”