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If I was born into a household with anxiety about money, I wouldn't have had as much freedom to be in my own world. So it's impossible for me to divorce the privilege of my childhood from the other things.

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Zoe Kazan
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: September 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
LA
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Zoe Swicord Kazan
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