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" To be in a position, at my age, where I am financially independent, I can help develop things, I can promote stuff that I believe in, I can say no a lot and spend time writing - that is a gift. "

Ellen Page

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" I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that. "

" I'm actually just playing honest, whole young women. "

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