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I think it's just different to get married for a woman than it is for a man. The amount of work to overcome certain gender roles in the partnership - just the expectation of housework, kid-work, whatever it is.

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Alison Pill
Age: 38
Born: 1985
Born: November 27
Actor
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
City of Toronto
Alison Elizabeth Pill
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I find that a lot of my best character stuff and ideas come unwittingly from novels. In scripts, it's a lot about the outward signs of whatever's happening - you have the end result. Whereas in a novel you get a buildup of the whys and wherefores, and you're let into the backstory.
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I didn't like most of my boyfriends. I'm a perfect example of somebody who will make it work no matter what. Like, I once had a guy move in with me. He was my least favorite. Nobody who went out with us knew that we were together. I just would not give off the vibe.
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Nobody wants anything bad to happen the other side isn't evil.
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We need to organize and figure out our own voice as a bloc and stop doubting ourselves.
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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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