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People ask me, 'Why are you doing a show on Showtime?' Because I'll do anything really, I don't really care, I'll do a show on Nickelodeon if I thought it was well written. Actually Nickelodeon's kind of awesome.

Mary-Louise Parker

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Mary-Louise Parker
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 2
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My favorite scene in all of movies is Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird: You see him where he's on the porch, and his face is almost completely obscured. I don't want to see his face.
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My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.
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