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I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.

Michelle Williams

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Michelle Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 9
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
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Kalispell
Montana
Michelle Ingrid Williams
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