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I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry

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Amber Tamblyn
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: May 14
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Poet
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
Santa Monica
California
Amber Rose Tamblyn
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People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.
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And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.
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The poetry when I was a kid felt like something that I could control, and whether it failed or not, whether it was good or not, was totally on me and I could accept that. It was entirely mine.
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A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next
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I have never reached certain levels of fame, like Lindsay Lohan did, or even Brittany Murphy. My career has always been this sort of even-keeled, steady existence. I was also raised by poets, and I've been doing poetry as long as I've been acting.
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