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" When you're in a place like New York or D.C. you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. "

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" I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer. "

" The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater. "

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" I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great. "

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" That's really how I got started was doing Shakespeare. When I got out of school, I was lucky enough to meet George Wolfe, who ran The Public Theater. "

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