"I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present."

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"Here's the thing - I'm single, I haven't been married, I don't have kids yet. If I do have kids I would be interested to see them in my life, so here's a movie for kids and I'm in there and I'm supposed to be kind of funny for kids."

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"I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large."

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