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“Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.” quote by Nikki Cox — Download Open image

“Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.”

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For me, I've worked hard for people to think I'm funny.

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To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

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I was really, really, really skinny. Great big mouth on a little face. Just goofy-looking. More goofy than I am now. Really goofy.

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This is not what I want to do with my life, and I don't think it's the right way to a long-lasting career.

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When all of a sudden, people say, 'Wow, you look nice,' and carry on, it's shocking. Really awkward.

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All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look. For me, Ive worked hard…

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All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.

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Mary and I look eerily similar but other than that, the differences are pretty much night and day.

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I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

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You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

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Filming scenes like that are always odd but I feel comfortable with Josh and care about him a great deal, so it could be…

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The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably…

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Once I committed to acting, this has been it.

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