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I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy.

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Emily Blunt
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: February 23
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Wandsworth Town
Emily Olivia Leah Blunt
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Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but it's true. British people can appear repressed in expressing emotions. Not very good at self-evaluating, or affirming situations, touching, anything like that.
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