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" I didn't spend a lot of time with prison guards, but my father was an assistant district attorney for a long time so I was always hearing stories about prisoners and prison guards. "
Taylor Schilling
Long
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" I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier. "
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" I'd love to do theater. I've done so many plays in my life. I still think of that as my main thing. "
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" Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with. "
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" I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me. "
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" I wanted to wear a uniform when I was in high school, but I couldn't. I was like, 'It would be so much easier!' "
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" I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy. "
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" I am very interested in Ayurvedic medicine and hope to explore it more someday. I only have a very superficial understanding of the whole thing right now. But learning what my body type is has shifted my whole self-care regime a bit, and I feel better because of it. "
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" I don't do detoxes or cleanses - they don't really work for me. I have a really moderate, simple routine. I like to do yoga, Pilates, dance, and things like that. "
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" I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director. "
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" On a film set, for me, there's so much more time to process what's going on than there is on a television set. There's more wiggle room to try things and fail and try again and get to the heart of what's going on in the scene, which is really fun for me. It's what I like to do. "
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" I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks. "
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" I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff. "
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" If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating. "
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" My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying a bridge and turning it into a house or something like that. I really am interested in home design or something like that... architecture. "
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Home
Architecture
" For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that. "
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" As an actor, what I'm finding is that I really like the extremes. I think that's really fun to play with. "
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Think
Play
" I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners. "
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" I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing. "
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" Life is so much easier when I allow myself to be myself and go with the flow. Whatever that looks like on a given day. If I can get quiet enough to truly check-in with myself, I usually end up on the right track. "
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Day
End
" There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience. "
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" I actually like pole dancing! It gives you so much confidence. I never thought I'd do it, but now I'm really into it. "
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Dancing
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" I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all. "
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" Honestly, all the sweets and bad stuff on set don't really call to me because I'm working so much. I've trained myself to stay away from sugar. "
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" I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length. "
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" I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better. "
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" So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go. One of the most daring things I've done is drop out of graduate school. I had no job, but something inside me was saying, 'Go! Be in the world!' I had to listen to myself, and it worked out. I still think, 'Who was that girl?' "
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" I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, 'What's the difference between the teachers and the students? Why are the teachers teachers if they want to be acting?' It didn't make sense to me anymore. It's not like you learn how to set a broken bone and you get the stamp of approval. "
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" I like to do yoga, Pilates, dance, and things like that. "
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" I don't know my armpit from my elbow in Los Angeles. "
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" I'm a tall woman. At work, that means a lot of my co-stars have to stand next to me on apple crates. But apparently, my height bodes well in the fashion world. "
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