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" I think when I was in my early twenties and middle twenties I didn't even know I wasn't living up to my potential. A couple of friends told me I wasn't and told me to get my act together, and it made a huge impact on me. "

Shirley MacLaine

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Friends

" You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take. "

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