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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
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Detroit
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Sheryl Ann Fenn
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Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.
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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 think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.
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It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger.
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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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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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They've offered me every variation on Audrey Horne, none of which were as good or as much fun.
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People who think they know me would be surprised that my whole life doesn't revolve around sex.
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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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Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men... they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.
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Boxing Helena was something that I think was pretty cool, but people judged it without even having seen it. It's not perfect, but I think for the story that we were trying to tell, it turned out pretty good. What it signified was really powerful to me: how society puts us in boxes one way or another.
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Talking to fans has really blown my mind. It's made me so happy to know my work has touched people.
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I'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.
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In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique
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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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Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.
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I'd moved to L.A. with my mother when I was 17 or 18. She loved show business and I was young enough that I had no idea what I wanted to do.
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I'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be.
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I'm not big with an audience I get very nervous.
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It's so nice not to worry about myself anymore. I only worry about my children.
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