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" I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism. "
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" There are some great actors I don't want to meet because I don't want to know how they did it. I don't want to know anything about their personal life, and the illusion, or whatever it is, the shape-shiftery magic stuff that they do, which is my joy. "
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" When I come home, all I do is cook. I love cooking, so I go to markets, buy food, cook it for friends. I love doing that. "
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