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I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.

Glenn Close

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Glenn Close
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 19
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I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.
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We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.
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Just play the moment, that's the fun of it. You just play the moment. It's great writing and very clever writing, I think it's witty. And I have those great clothes. You have a great, witty, intelligent script and you look like a million dollars, because we have a great costumer, and it's a pretty good place to begin.
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As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.
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