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To keep an active mind, I find that reading novels is really good.

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Alison Pill
Age: 38
Born: 1985
Born: November 27
Actor
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Film Actor
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City of Toronto
Alison Elizabeth Pill
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The script is a bible and it's this unchangeable document that somebody spent years and years on.
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Nobody wants anything bad to happen the other side isn't evil.
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The biggest thing about growing up in Canada is you know that Los Angeles and New York are not the only places in the world. They're not the only places where brilliant acting happens.
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There's a lot more historical baggage to deal with as a wife than as a partner.
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The best thing about serial drama - especially about screwball comedy - is blocked love.
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True badassery has no gender.
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But it's been funny to try and carry the through line, but I think the main thing is the relationship that the band has because we have spent now all this time together that I think that's sort of what we returning to. And whenever we get to play together, it still sort of returns to that little shitty rehearsal space. So that's good.
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When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.
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Secrets are great for acting. Secrets are the best thing in the world for acting, because they keep you looking like you have something in the back of your mind.
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I would say my favorite was just the beginning of the movie like doing all the rehearsal stuff. It's been amazing to see the rest of it happen but it happens so piecemeal. And Edgar sort of has the whole movie edited in his head already, so we're just sort of matching to what he has.
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You only live once. Trying to do the right thing for other people often doesnt work out, and you have to follow your own path in order to make things work out best for everyone.
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Well, it's sort of funny to try and get that balance between just accepting the reality of my friend [co-star Satya Bhabha] flying in from the ceiling of the theatre and like starting to do a dance with demon hipster chicks. It's like, so how do we react when he throws fireballs? Are we surprised? Does this happen a lot?
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When you're in film and you're in close, charisma in the eyes and confidence can take over. But when someone's sitting twenty rows back, you need the whole body. You need to be encompassed by an actor.
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I guess the biggest world difference you can make is in people's relations to their own emotions, 'cause emotions rule so much of our daily life, and I think that's where we work.
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One of my favorite things in watching an actor is feeling, The story is safe in your hands. I can lean back and trust you with this.
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Sitting out of politics isn't really an option if you don't want things to slide.
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Some people get fake boobs, but whatever. You can make your own decisions.
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And so getting to meet Aubrey Plaza and Mae Whitman and getting to know two awesome girls who are just kick-ass. It's been nice that way where we probably wouldn't have worked together on any other crazy project. And just like you know Chris Evans teaching us all the high-five because he's dealing with like non-jocks (laughter) and we're like yeah!
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The boys have been running Washington for a long-ass time. We're talking 200-some-odd years.
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I don't have any trouble believing that you would avoid something seemingly perfect because you're in something you really want to prove to yourself you can do right.
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