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I'm interested in the crevices, and the grotesque, and the unsavory. That started out when I was young... I've never quite been able to shake that.

Carrie Brownstein

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Carrie Brownstein
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: September 27
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Seattle
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Carrie Rachel Grace Brownstein
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