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I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

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Emmy Rossum
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: September 12
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Opera Singer
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Television Actor
New York City
New York
Emmanuelle Grey Rossum
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Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.
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I suppose that it doesn't matter whether a song is written or sung by a man or a woman. If the sentiment is there, it captures the audience.
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Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way. But I also think that they are real, and that's why I wanted to call the record 'Inside Out.'
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