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I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative ways to help externalize what they're thinking.

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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
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Film Critic
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Kansas City
Missouri
Gillian Schieber Flynn
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