I was a very good girl for a ...

I was a very good girl for a long time, that\'s what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things.
I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things.
 Joan Allen

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
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 Woody Allen
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
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 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
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 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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You must do the things you think you cannot do.
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Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.
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 Joan Allen
I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.
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 Joan Allen