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When you're in the editing room, as a director, you get the opportunity to look at your work. As a writer, you can rewrite. But as an actor, unless you're watching playback, you really rely on the director to help you.

Zoe Kazan

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Zoe Kazan
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: September 9
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