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" I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible. "

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" I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out. "

" Hey, it's a miracle to have a career in Hollywood. But it doesn't begin to sum me up. "

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" I write music as a staff writer for Universal Music Group, and I have since 2007. I've never talked about it publicly because I wanted to earn the right to be in the same room as the great writers I write with and not shoot my mouth off because I'm an actor. It's really important to me, and I really care about it. "

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" The time that Ted and I spend talking about our careers is almost infinitesimally small. We mostly talk about our kids and our grandkids. I think we talk about our careers if something funny happened at work. We're very childlike in many ways. "

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" I had a sense of mortality since I was a little girl, which has to do with my father, who nearly died eight times in my childhood. He had eight heart attacks. "

" That's my name. I know it's difficult, and it's not pretty, but it's my name. "

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" I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from. "

" I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role. "

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" I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows. "