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“Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.”

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I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it as something mercurial that required all the right conditions, but now I know that even if I don't get any sleep, I can still work, I can power through. The stars don't have to be perfectly…

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Once I committed to acting, this has been it.

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