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" I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot. "
Meryl Streep
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" I can't do a lot of things, like golf. I don't like golf. I mean, I really don't, because I tend to like things that I can do right away. If I can't do it right away, I don't like it. "
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" I think we all think we sound really good in the shower, where there's that nice reverb, and the water's drowning you out, and there is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it. "
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