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" There are moments in your life where you realize you could do nothing, but if you do, you'll probably regret it forever. "

Milana Vayntrub

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" I would love to keep directing commercials. I love it so much. I love working with brands and ad agencies and old white men who have been doing this for 60 years. "

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" In August of 1989, we arrived in Los Angeles where we had family. With their help, along with that of Jewish resettlement organizations like HIAS, my parents were set up with jobs. "

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" I'm a real nerd for science. I love Neil deGrasse Tyson and 'Cosmos' and all that. "

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" My grandmother was a nanny for an Orthodox Jewish family, and she would come home and tell us about that. "

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" I was three years old, so I actually don't remember much of the refugee process. "

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" Comedy came early. I knew when I was a kid that I was silly, and I knew that I liked people who were funny, but I don't think I knew I was funny. I didn't really think about it. "

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" In the '80s, we were living in the U.S.S.R., where anti-Semitism was a deeply ingrained part of the culture. Being a Jewish person in the Soviet Union was not easy. Not that I remember any of that - I was barely old enough to chew back then - but for my parents, both Uzbekistan-born Jews, life was a struggle. "

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