I come from a theater background, so I always like to dissect the scene and try to get some hint about what the author was trying to get at. I still look up the meaning of the name of the character to see if there are any clues in that.

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I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.

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You can so easily be dismissed as a thug or hysterical if you're a woman if you don't keep your rage in check.

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I'm very happy to be a working actor.

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I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh.

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I guess I'm a pretty curious person. I like doing new things. I like being challenged. I'm competitive. Trying to beat my personal best.

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Work is hard, but being a mom is harder.

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One-liners that must land perfectly in just the right nanosecond can be terrifying.

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Every once in a while, I'll have an acting role that allows me to look at something in my life and work it out.

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Growing up, I didn't know about the Japanese internment camps until I saw a movie of the week as an adult. I remember going, 'How come that wasn't covered in history class?' Moving to California, you run into people whose grandparents lost everything and their businesses and were put in these internment camps.

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