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" Texas is so big, and the place where I grew up was so little, and I was such a little thing growing up in the middle of it. I had two choices: I could either spend my life feeling insignificant, or I could look on the life I lived as a microcosm of the universe. "

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" I've been into exercise my whole life, been a runner and been into health and fitness always. "

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" Nature is my church. The wind in the trees and the bugs and the frogs. All those things are comfort to me. "

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" I don't have any regrets, because I think life is like a creek. It kind of meanders along, and you instinctively do the things you are meant to do. There's no great plan except doing really good scripts, meeting great filmmakers. And I have to have something that I can bring to the role. "

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" I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can remember it all. "

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" I like horseback riding. I like to hike. I play guitar and sing. "

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