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"When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid."
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"Find as much information about your subject as you can."

"Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week."

"I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to find the research. It's my responsibility to digest it and do the best that I can with it. But at a certain point that responsibility will become an interpretation."

"I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research."

"When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid."

"But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is to create this little box and then do their research inside it."

"But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story."

"I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing."
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