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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.
Zoe Lister-Jones
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Zoe Lister-Jones
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 1
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Zoe G. Lister-Jones
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For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
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There are emotional ties to family that are connected to the sexual experience for women that are very different than men which does make it harder for women to date and not get hurt.
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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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Being a single woman is like going off to war.
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I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.
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I love a good massage, and they gotta go deep.
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I think a lot of women, in the way that they might attach emotion to sex, attach emotion to food, in a different way than men.
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See, I will always shop, and that's sort of a problem. Clothes are always exploding out of my closet!
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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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I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.
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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 doubt I'm more secure than Meryl Streep... I guess actors just never feel secure.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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You always have to lie. I've been in plays that people don't enjoy and I pray that they lie to my face when I come outside.
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