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The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role it's just like another prop.
Reese Witherspoon
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Reese Witherspoon
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: March 22
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