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" By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor. "
Alexis Denisof
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" I moved to Seattle when I was two or three years old. Had my early education there, and would spend summers on the farm in Maryland. Then I went to boarding school in New Hampshire, to St. Paul's School. From there, I moved to London. "
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" I've got nothing against big-budget values. I mean, I was very proud of 'The Avengers,' the part that I played in it, albeit a small one. It was thrilling to be part of it. But it's so huge that you can never really wrap your mind around it. "
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" You learn a lot about a person when you work together. "
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" I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whether it's a laptop or a cell phone, at all times. "
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" My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago. "
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" Anybody who believes and experiences their life and doesn't have shades of gray in it doesn't live where I live and is simply not in touch with the reality of the human condition. "
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