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" There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays. "

Shailene Woodley

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" Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.' "

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