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I guess I've just gotten to the point where I don't want to be bored by the characters that I play, and I don't want to feel like I'm having to make something more interesting or I'm having to force something that's not really there on the page.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: November 28
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