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Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of doing it because you want the adults to be approving of you. You want to make them happy.

Anna Chlumsky

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Anna Chlumsky
Age: 43
Born: 1980
Born: December 3
Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Chicago
Illinois
Anna M. Chlumsky
Anna Maria Chlumsky
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Sense
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