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" I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way. "

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" I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors. "

" When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though. "

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" When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control. "

" It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting. "

" The thrill of performing - that's something that hasn't changed for me. That simultaneous joy of creating something and sharing it with an audience - it's the same now as it was then, when it was just my cousins' birthday party. "

" Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. "

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