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I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a human being.

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Brit Marling
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 7
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So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women.
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Life and death and birth is this fantastic mystery that we cannot fully grasp.
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I totally love my job, and I wake up every day basically thinking about how can I do my job better. It never feels like a job. It's hard, and it's exhausting sometimes, but it never feels like - I would do this even if they didn't pay me to do it. That's a pretty amazing feeling.
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