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Once you do a character in Hollywood and people haven't seen you before, they put you in a box and they think that's all that you can do and it's hard to get people to take a risk on you.

Aubrey Plaza

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Aubrey Plaza
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: June 26
Actor
Actress
Comedian
Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Wilmington
Delaware
Aubrey Christina Plaza
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Tina Fey is one of my heroes.
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My mom's Puerto Rican. That's why I'm so lively and colorful.
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Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.
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I'm not super comfortable in my skin. I have to make it work for me, and that usually amounts to making it uncomfortable for everyone else.
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If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.
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I've had experiences in my life where I've met certain people that have opened up something in me and given me hope and a new outlook on life.
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When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.
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I have an acting coach that I work with on everything that I do. The thing about my preparation process for getting ready for a role is I have sex with as many people as I can.
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I think it's nice to get a break from all of the big Hollywood comic book action-movies and see something that's relatable and funny and interesting.
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I would never do a commercial for something that is embarrassing, and I think that people maybe have a different perspective on what is embarrassing or not. Some people think doing a Revlon hair commercial is really cool. To me, that's embarrassing, but World of Warcraft: not embarrassing, very cool.
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I want to go to New Zealand. I have no idea what it's like, and in my head, everyone lives in/on an ice lake, so I'd like to come stay.
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I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.
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I'm like that person who hates going to magic shows - and I love magic, I love wizards - but going to a show where there is any possibility of audience participation is a nightmare for me.
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A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.
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My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.
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After you have 250,000 people watching your stuff every day, obviously you're going to have a few people who are going to get a little bit obsessed with your content. But I've never experienced it in a negative way. Perhaps that's because I'm lucky. I guess for some people, they experience it in a negative way and that's how the movie portrayed it.
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Improv is so different, it's such a collaborative thing, you're working with other people, nothing is planned and it's kind of this community mentality, whereas stand-up, you're alone and it was really hard.
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I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles.
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I don't have many actors in my family, but I do have a Great Uncle that is a film-maker in Philadelphia, and my great-great-grandparents were Flamenco dancers in the 30's in New York, they were Spanish dancers.
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