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" There's a part of me as a human being and, certainly, as an actor - I'm not on Twitter and Facebook and all these things, but I can't ignore them, because it's not realistic to expect my kids are gonna think they're lame. "

Rosemarie DeWitt

Human Being

Think

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" I grew up in the suburbs. "

Rosemarie DeWitt

Grew

Suburbs

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Over

Single

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Cool

Know

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Time

Making Money

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