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		<description><![CDATA[Jessica Chastain once commented about her unusual appearance and seeking roles: &#8220;When I first moved to LA, it was very difficult. All the casting directors didn&#8217;t know what to do with me, with the way I looked. &#8220;I&#8217;m not blonde with tanned skin and tall and skinny. I looked very different &#8211; and they said [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When you’re famous, you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way.&#8221; Marilyn Monroe Ayn Rand wrote a commentary in the Los Angeles Times, two weeks after Marilyn Monroe’s death on August 5, 1962. Referring to the &#8220;sordid and horrifying childhood of Monroe, Rand wrote: &#8220;To survive it and to preserve [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her portrayal of the icon is earning praise from many reviewers. Claudia Puig writes in USA TODAY that &#8220;While My Week With Marilyn is more an awestruck reverie than a revelatory biopic, it&#8217;s worth seeing for Williams&#8217; bravura performance.&#8221; Roger Ebert thinks &#8220;The movie seems to be a fairly accurate re-creation of the making of [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actor Mayim Bialik earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in Neuroscience, and on “The Big Bang Theory” she plays Amy Farrah Fowler, a neurobiologist and &#8220;not-girlfriend&#8221; of physicist Sheldon Cooper. In a Los Angeles Times article, Bialik comments, &#8220;The first episode I did for them, the executive producer said, &#8216;Do you really have a PhD?&#8217; I [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many actors who want to develop their talents, Vanessa Hudgens observes people &#8211; and also uses the experience for personal growth. She also develops her awareness through reading, such as the book The Four Agreements. Hudgens chose to act in &#8220;Sucker Punch&#8221; &#8211; and wear risqué costumes for the role &#8211; because she found [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her varied roles, Emily Blunt is often a strong presence, intriguing for her complex emotions and intelligence &#8211; sometimes not quite expressed, but showing in her eyes. With her new movie The Adjustment Bureau so much about fate, it is interesting to read some of her perspectives on what she was like earlier in [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Aniston: What attracts you to a project? What&#8217;s the key element that has to be there? Nicole Kidman: Usually something strange. It&#8217;s a little weird or offbeat or very uncomfortable. I have to be convinced to do things that are more mainstream. As a kid, I was always a bit, I suppose, darker. I [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winona Ryder has expressed a number of thoughtful comments and perspectives on being an actor, and the kinds of pressures affecting her life &#8211; and many other talented and sensitive artists. Here are some excerpts from an Interview magazine article. Stephen Mooallem: When you were younger did you ever get into one of those situations [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably most actors find that costumes and the props they interact with help bring their characters to life &#8211; along with dialogue, of course. Stephen Dorff talked in a recent interview about working in Sofia Coppola&#8217;s movie &#8220;Somewhere&#8221; with much less of all of those. Moviefone Blog: There&#8217;s hardly any dialogue in this script. Isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mustering up enough self-esteem to say, ‘I want to be an actor,’ was a big turning point.” Julia Roberts  [Parade mag. Nov 9 2008] Many creative people report feeling incompetent, inadequate and having low self esteem or self-regard at times. But there are ways to shift those feelings. A number of film actors report they [...]]]></description>
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