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" I think I get way too much credit for making what people consider to be smart choices, but it's only because I made a decision to stop worrying about making money. I had done network sitcoms. I had a nest egg. "

Lizzy Caplan

Smart

Think

People

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Starting

You

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" I've loved being the sarcastic chick, but I didn't want to be her forever. "

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Lizzy Caplan

Growing Up

Theatre

" I do think, oddly, that a comedic actor has a better chance of pulling off a dramatic role than a great dramatic actor has of being able to pull off a highly comedic role. "

" As an actress - and as an actor, too, but it's worse for actresses - you constantly get picked apart for how you look. "

" When I was younger, I actually wanted to be a CIA agent. Really. I even did the online questionnaire. "

" Everyone who made 'Save the Date,' like the writers and the director, they're all happily married and not anti-marriage at all, so that was kind of interesting to me. "

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Director

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" I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' when I was in third grade or fourth grade. I was one of the younger kids accepted into the play, and the plays were pretty impressive, let me say. "

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Pretty

Roof

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Others

Spirit

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