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" I was born tall. I was awkward and gangly. Before that, I was a really chubby elementary school kid. I've always been sort of a physical abnormality. "
Timothy Simons
Born
Tall
School
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" It's so odd because I don't even know if I'm cut out for it, but being a movie star guy, I sort of end up gravitating toward the Coen brothers. That's one of the reasons my wife and I moved to L.A.: that however much of a pipe dream that would be, I moved to L.A. because I'd love to work with the Coen brothers. "
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" Keeping children alive and free of disease is not a political issue and cannot be put into a partisan box. "
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" The truth is, there is no link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines are incredibly important. "
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" I don't know, and certainly I've been guilty of making a judgment about a celebrity, but there's a part of me that's like, 'Why don't you take the time you're spending ripping James Franco and go do something you like?' "
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" I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community. I had some friends who had moved out to Chicago and had said really good things about it and about the work. I didn't care at that time about making money. "
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" The Duplass brothers do that so well - that very simple, very horrifically awkward comedy. "
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" The one thing I always think about when I don't get jobs is that it just wasn't yours. You don't want to do something that you're not right for because it won't make the production look good, and it won't make you look good. "
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" IPods just made music about how many songs you could have on you at all times. "
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" There is a part of me that really just thinks it would be so funny to see the 'Veep' characters in 'Game of Thrones.' "
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" I used to love going to shows and finding new bands, but the Internet takes the fun out of it. Like a band? You can buy and download every single song they have ever done within five minutes. "
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Finding
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" If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director. "
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" I was born in the Northeast, and I have Midwestern parents. "
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Born
" Unless you're playing a historical figure, a writer or director can change their minds. And sometimes your job is to make them change their minds - to make them believe that you're the one that can do it. "
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Writer
You
Change
" After school, I was planning to jump from regional theater to regional theater. "
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Jump
After
School
" I think I was a behavior problem, mostly, but in a fun way. I tried to tell jokes. I was the middle kid, so I was always looking for attention and trying to be the one that equalized everything. "
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Looking
Fun
" I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff. "
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Up
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" I'm a dog person, but I don't have a pet. "
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Death
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" You don't want someone to think you're from New Hampshire, because who cares about New Hampshire? You're basically just a pass-through. "
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Chicago
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" I think the absolute worst job I ever had - not because it was a terrible job, just because I was just so bad at it - was when I worked at a scenic factory in Chicago. "
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Chicago