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" I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life. "
Erica Durance
Everything
Control
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" It's fun to get to play a lead character that goes all the way through and drives the storyline and makes the final discovery and catches the bad guy. "
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" I've been lucky enough to do a few roles where you get to be crazy and wild, put on contacts and different wigs and different hairpieces and dresses and outfits and embody the craziness of it all. "
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" What do you do when your world is falling apart? How do you hold onto the real and the rational? I think that's very relatable for people. "
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" Let's face it: Some of us need our burly men to come rescue us. "
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" Actors will, in their mind, want to 'steal the scene,' and the problem is that means the scene didn't work in the first place. "
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" Often we want to go back to the familiar, go back to where we felt our life pause, but nothing is ever the same. "
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" My worst thing that I have is that I think too much. And so it's better to go with your gut and do your best and trust the creators and the director that you have there and go scene to scene. "
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" In the summertime, it's always hard to introduce new series; everyone's ready for that in the fall. "
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" I am not a particularly aggressive person. That's not Erica. "
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" A lot of actors try to sabotage other actors, and that's sad because then you're never going to get that beautiful scene. "
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Try
Going
" I read a lot of comics growing up. My mom used to say, 'Would you please read a book?' She was worried where I was going in my life. "
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