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" I'm a tomboy from Nova Scotia. "

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" I'm not good at watching stuff that I'm in at all. I should stop. I shouldn't watch something for the first time with a room full of people at Sundance. It's not a good idea. "

" I don't want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I'm grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I'm not doing it. "

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" Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous. "

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