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" I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up. "

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" When you have a little one, you realize that your only mission in life is to protect this helpless, very sensitive creature. That is your charge. That's primal. I relate to that deeply. "

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" My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate. "

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" There are so many projects on my Dream List. I have so many things in the works, just like little ideas or collections of things or things I write or even just a title of something. "

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" I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it. "

" I love accents in general. I'm obsessed with dialects, and I had to write a whole movie about it called 'In a World...' "

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" 'In A World...' changed my life a thousand per cent. I feel thankful that something I believed in so much - I love dialect, so I dedicated five years of my life to making a film about it - yielded such rewards. It led to 'Man Up,' as well as 'No Escape,' which comes out later this year... two movies where I am the female lead. "

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