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" If something scares me, then I have to do it. "
Sheryl Lee
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" I had no idea it was going to be like this. People come up to me all the time, but it's never, 'Oh, you're Sheryl Lee.' It's, 'Oh my gosh, you're Laura Palmer.' "
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