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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.

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Zoe Kazan
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: September 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Playwright
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
LA
California
Zoe Swicord Kazan
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Creativity
Women
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Always
Men
Pygmalion
Myth
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