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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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Zoe Lister-Jones
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 1
Actor
Actress
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Film Director
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Zoe G. Lister-Jones
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I've been an audience member for friends in plays that I don't enjoy and I have to lie to their faces. It's just part of that lifestyle unfortunately, especially in New York.
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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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I love a good massage, and they gotta go deep.
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GMO herbicide-tolerant crops have led to a 527 million pound increase in herbicide use in the U.S. between 1996 and 2011.
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Because GMOs aren't labeled, it's very hard to prove causality in terms of health effects. It's even more difficult because the seeds are patented, so independent researchers have a hard time gaining access to them.
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I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.
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Theater is a really exciting place to return to all the time because it's incredible training for an actor.
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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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There are certain women who are sexually driven and they can compartmentalize it from an emotional attachment.
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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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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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At this moment, glyphosate is the biggest threat. And because of its overuse, we are seeing the emergence of superweeds, which have grown resistant to glyphosate. This has led to biotech corporations developing even more toxic herbicides, including 2,4-D, one of the main components of Agent Orange.
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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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Being a single woman is like going off to war.
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There are a lot of great organizations who are fighting for food and environmental safety in this country. The Environmental Working Group, Just Label It, Food Democracy Now, and the Center for Food Safety, to name a few.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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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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