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For me acting is pretending. It's illuminating my human struggle - trying to grow and have the courage to be filmed while figuring things out.

Sherilyn Fenn

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Sherilyn Fenn
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 1
Actor
Actress
Detroit
Michigan
Sheryl Ann Fenn
Struggle
Grows
Acting
Filmed
Human
Illuminating
Humans
Figuring
Trying
Pretending
Things
Courage
Grow

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I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role! I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.
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At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.
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Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children.
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It was just this sudden call like it was an emergency. Quick! You have to go do this... because it's Friends! I was just, Oh, my God, okay!
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The beauty of age is we grow, we learn. We have more wisdom.
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I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have that in me to do it, the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. If there's a lot of people on a set, I get nervous. So music just wasn't something I ever seriously considered.
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It's so nice not to worry about myself anymore. I only worry about my children.
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I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really changed with the right teacher coming together, but before that I worked with Sondra Seacat she's amazing and very spiritual, but I hadn't worked with her on specific roles. I just was in classes with her.
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If you're a young woman in Hollywood, then they want you to look a certain way and paint you in this and that. To this day, it's hard to find people like us, who want to kind of find deep truths, not just skirt above the top of it.
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There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome
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I can sing, but my voice is untrained. Id like to do a musical someday.
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I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.
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My gift to my children would be from me to be as honest and true to myself as an artist, and put that out there to the best of my ability.
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The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made.
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