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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
Zoe Kazan
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Zoe Kazan
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: September 9
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Zoe Swicord Kazan
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