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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
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Stage Actor
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Brooklyn
New York
Zoe G. Lister-Jones
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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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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GMOs are found in nearly 80% of processed food in the United States. Currently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is consumed what are you eating GMO with zoe lister-jonesgenetically engineered, as are 94% of soybeans and 94% of cotton. In short, they are everywhere.
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I’m a big lipstick girl- I’m old school that way.
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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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Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.
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I always loved writing as a tool of expression.
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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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The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.
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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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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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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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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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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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