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" I like to live in New York and with people I know who have normal jobs or go to school. "

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" Before I turned 18, I had all these rules. Like, I could only work ten hours a day, and I had to go to school. "

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" It's so insane to me that this is my actual job, that I get to come to set and do what I enjoy doing and get paid for it. "

" I learned to understand the distance a character can be from yourself and how important rehearsal can be to creating a person that feels like a person that isn't you. "

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" I'm self-conscious about a lot of things. "

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