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" I had a very poor image of myself because I believed too much of the people around me when I was very young. "

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" All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. "

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" They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. "

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" When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did. "

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