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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character

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Taryn Manning
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: November 6
Actor
Actress
Composer
Designer
Fashion Designer
Film Actor
Model
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Falls Church
Virginia
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I'm very, very, very, very spiritual. I grew up in an organized religion, I went to Sunday school as a kid. I'm very grateful that there was religion. I think it instills a good moral compass.
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My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew
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I like to contribute. Even in my bands, I can't really just be the singer.
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My dad died when I was 14. It was very sudden, traumatic, and confusing. I always felt I could have gone down a bad road at that point, but I made a choice to be a winner.
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I write most of my stuff. When I'm rejected in music, it hurts worse than when I don't get a role, because that's someone else's vision. If they don't see me as that part, even if I believe I'm the perfect person for it, that's their vision. The music is my vision.
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Everybody thinks because of my character that I'm this wild girl and I am, I'm an actor, and I have that in me - but I'm actually very calm and mellow.
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There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting
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I feel the craziest people are sometimes the most intelligent.
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Pride is the community coming together and showing that love is real.
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I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.
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Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix
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As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.
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I ended up doing amazing things with my life I'm well-read, educated and sophisticated - and I'm not the stereotype everyone makes me out to be.
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I grew up in a very musical household. There was music and dance. My great-grandma was a famous tap dancer in the '40s, my mom was a dancer, she met my dad on the road when he was on tour in the '60s. Music is my heart and soul, it's my love.
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After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.
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There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.
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My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive
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It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool.
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I've had an interesting time adjusting to New York. I'm from California and I'm very much a California girl. I feel lucky to officially say I'm bi-coastal.
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