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We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

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Lili Taylor
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 20
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Glencoe
Illinois
Lili Anne Taylor
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I like to play smart, three-dimensional women. I also like to play roles where the women are a little crazy. I just have a feel for crazy people.
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When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.
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As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.
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The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy
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Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.
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I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.
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It's tricky to say 'never,' but I will never have plastic surgery.
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I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I rebelled against it in the '90s. I thought it was a backlasher, some sort of faulty data. But it's real. I'm glad I woke up before my body was just like 'uh-uh.
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If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?
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You can rest a lot in an hour or have a whole day and not do it properly. One way I get a quality recharge is to connect with nature. To experience something that's bigger than me.
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There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.
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Doors of opportunity don't open, they unlock it is up to you to turn the knob.
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I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.
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To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.
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