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" I believe that if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there. "

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" I had worked for ten years in theater; I had worked at Second City in Chicago. Then I got to Hollywood, and I was like, naively, 'Where's my pilot?' "

" My mum came to the set of my second movie 'Connie and Carla,' and she had made food for the whole cast, including mini bun cakes with little flowers sticking out of each one. "

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" It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so. "