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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.

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Zoe Lister-Jones
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 1
Actor
Actress
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Playwright
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Zoe G. Lister-Jones
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I’m a big lipstick girl- I’m old school that way.
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We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage.
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I think the dangers of the impact of GMOs on the environment are undebatable. Genetically modified crops are tied to the chemicals sprayed on them.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people. It goes part and parcel with the profession and New York actors who are out of work, or actors anywhere out of work, are manic because you never know when the next job is going to come.
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Sometimes I think that kids who are given junk food then don't crave it as adults in the same way. I don't know. I'm trying to figure out what the psychology is behind it before I have children.
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For the most part, for me and my friends, there's always an emotional attachment that clouds women's judgment.
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I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.
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In my view, relationship movies never get old because humanity will never not be confounded by their relationships.
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Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.
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I'm everything free. I'm gluten-free. I'm dairy-free. I'm sugar-free. Sometimes I'm yeast-free which really means I eat paper.
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Women always try to see the one good part of The Weird Guy because the dating landscape is so bleak. Women will say, 'He's very odd, but he likes to cook. He's creepy, but he makes good pancakes!'
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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I doubt I'm more secure than Meryl Streep... I guess actors just never feel secure.
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I think a big misconception about GMOs is that there is a scientific consensus on their safety.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association is behind the bills which have been trying to pre-empt states' labeling laws in the Senate. And they have a lot of money and power in Washington. So it's a classic David versus Goliath story, where corporate lobbying outweighs consumers' rights.
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It's always fun to play characters that are different from me.
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I grew up in a financially insecure place because I knew that my parents were following their dreams which has pros and cons. It was actually my mom who encouraged me to go to acting school because I was really afraid to put all my eggs in that basket.
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I was never shielded from the realities of what it meant to be an artist and that made me afraid to be an artist because I wanted to know that my life was secure.
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As artists, it's really important to take time to see what other art is happening and to know what's happening in the world.
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