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" My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence. "

Laura Linney

Things

Professional

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God

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Someone

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Book

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Actress

Father

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Questions

Know

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Just

Work

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