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In my experience of living, for a time, in the underbelly of society, I spent a lot of time in various holding cells.

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Natasha Lyonne
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: April 4
Actor
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Film Actor
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Television Actor
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein
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My family moved to Israel when I was eight until I was 10, and then we came back, and my parents split up. I was suddenly in a single-parent home and on scholarship. Fifth grade was such a hard year for me.
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that you are nothing like them in the first place, and it was never you versus anybody.
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
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As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I have to and not have to spend a bunch of time obsessing in the mirror, trying on a million different options. Now, I just know what works.
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I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I’m definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they’re like when you take their preferred substance away.
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I often think my boyfriend is going to leave me just from seeing how I talk to the dog. But you know, when you are talking to your dog, you are accessing this softer side of you. Everything else melts away.
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I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
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I am a hooker with a heart of gold.
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Rather than spend so much time wondering if I'm going to get hired, or is it a problem that I've got this black-tar history, I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing and try to be decent.
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I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.
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I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again.
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I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.
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There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically. It's the only truly safe place and it can happen with a stranger or a best friend.
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Sometimes the things that come out of my mouth are mortifying.
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I definitely would rather take a nap than get angry.
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I have a television, but it's not connected to anything. I watch everything on my computer.
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No, but it is something I really enjoy speaking about. You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them.
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The thing about curly hair is that it's a toss-up. Some days you can let it air dry and it's better than a hair-do, but some days you just look like a sloppy person. I'm really resistant to a trim. I only do it when it gets hard to brush out in the shower, then I'll submit, begrudgingly.
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