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As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time you have no idea whether you're capable of it.
Brit Marling
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Brit Marling
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 7
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I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything.
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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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When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film.
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