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Thus far, everything I've made has come out of my really feeling it, out of the fire of my life.

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Miranda July
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 15
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Musician
Screenwriter
Writer
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Miranda J. Grossinger
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