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"I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun."
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"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."
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