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" Deciding to not attach ourselves to something that doesn't appropriately represent us is extremely powerful. "

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" When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing a list - even if it's a mental list that you make - of the adjectives that the character has or that character possesses. "

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