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" When you're confined to a TV series, and you have to play one character, it can make you insane. But it didn't affect me. I got out in time. "

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" There is nothing on earth that could ever make me want to relive certain years of my life when I was young. "

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" At my very core, I'm pretty shy. I just happen to have a weird job. "

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" When I auditioned for '21 Jump Street,' it was a last minute thing. I had one of the worst flus that I've ever experienced in my life, and I was forced to go to the audition, the screen test. "

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