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Rosy McEwen chooses her top 5 films of all time!
Continuing our popular Top 5 Film series, this week we have BAFTA Breakthrough artist, Rosy McEwen!
Rosy takes us through her favourite films of all time, which include Blue Valentine, Hunger, Monster, Fish Tank and Close!
Rosy explains what she looks for in a director, what type of filmmaking she admires and she is always impressed with Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender's careers!
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I remember my mom saying in the kitchen
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I remember my mom saying in the kitchen
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I remember my mom saying in the kitchen like oh sh's there on one the Oscar and
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like oh sh's there on one the Oscar and
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like oh sh's there on one the Oscar and I didn't really know Oscars didn't know
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I didn't really know Oscars didn't know
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I didn't really know Oscars didn't know what that meant but I remember sort of
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what that meant but I remember sort of
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what that meant but I remember sort of thinking I'm going to watch that film
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thinking I'm going to watch that film
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thinking I'm going to watch that film and it was the first time I saw a woman
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and it was the first time I saw a woman
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and it was the first time I saw a woman not adhering to her aesthetic she's also
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not adhering to her aesthetic she's also
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not adhering to her aesthetic she's also so powerful I love a powerful woman I
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so powerful I love a powerful woman I
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so powerful I love a powerful woman I don't know her I've never met her but I
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don't know her I've never met her but I
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don't know her I've never met her but I feel like she's very
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feel like she's very
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feel like she's very real my name is Rosie mccuin and these
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real my name is Rosie mccuin and these
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real my name is Rosie mccuin and these are my top five films for igb presents
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are my top five films for igb presents
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are my top five films for igb presents number five on the list um is a film
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number five on the list um is a film
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number five on the list um is a film I've seen quite recently last year is uh
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I've seen quite recently last year is uh
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I've seen quite recently last year is uh close which Lucas don't made I cried the
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close which Lucas don't made I cried the
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close which Lucas don't made I cried the whole way through I think the setting is
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whole way through I think the setting is
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whole way through I think the setting is so uh perfect and it represents grief in
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so uh perfect and it represents grief in
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so uh perfect and it represents grief in this sort of beautiful seasonal backdrop
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this sort of beautiful seasonal backdrop
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this sort of beautiful seasonal backdrop going through summer autumn spring
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going through summer autumn spring
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going through summer autumn spring winter and we come back around to Summer
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winter and we come back around to Summer
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winter and we come back around to Summer again there's something so cyclical
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again there's something so cyclical
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again there's something so cyclical about that that feels incredibly
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about that that feels incredibly
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about that that feels incredibly satisfying to me and also just talking
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satisfying to me and also just talking
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satisfying to me and also just talking about male tenderness
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about male tenderness
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about male tenderness and I think I just found it so
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and I think I just found it so
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and I think I just found it so beautifully heartbreaking that these
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beautifully heartbreaking that these
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beautifully heartbreaking that these boys couldn't be intimate and it meant
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boys couldn't be intimate and it meant
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boys couldn't be intimate and it meant so much more and it's such a tiny thing
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so much more and it's such a tiny thing
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so much more and it's such a tiny thing that men should still have in their life
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that men should still have in their life
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that men should still have in their life and still crave and suddenly it has this
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and still crave and suddenly it has this
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and still crave and suddenly it has this layer of meaning something that's
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layer of meaning something that's
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layer of meaning something that's completely not and you know women have
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completely not and you know women have
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completely not and you know women have the luxury of being you know tactile
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the luxury of being you know tactile
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the luxury of being you know tactile with each other doesn't mean anything
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with each other doesn't mean anything
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with each other doesn't mean anything and the celebration of male intimacy was
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and the celebration of male intimacy was
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and the celebration of male intimacy was something I haven't really seen before
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something I haven't really seen before
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something I haven't really seen before and I really enjoyed that number four um
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and I really enjoyed that number four um
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and I really enjoyed that number four um is uh hunger by Steve McQueen it's
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is uh hunger by Steve McQueen it's
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is uh hunger by Steve McQueen it's actually a film I haven't watched that
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actually a film I haven't watched that
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actually a film I haven't watched that many times CU it's so intense and
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many times CU it's so intense and
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many times CU it's so intense and harrowing but I watched it at a time in
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harrowing but I watched it at a time in
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harrowing but I watched it at a time in my life when I had I didn't really know
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my life when I had I didn't really know
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my life when I had I didn't really know much about film I didn't really know
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much about film I didn't really know
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much about film I didn't really know what film was how it existed I must have
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what film was how it existed I must have
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what film was how it existed I must have been about 14 I sort of thought films
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been about 14 I sort of thought films
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been about 14 I sort of thought films were Disney films obviously hadn't my
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were Disney films obviously hadn't my
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were Disney films obviously hadn't my life experience had led me to the place
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life experience had led me to the place
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life experience had led me to the place to watch more realistic narratives but
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to watch more realistic narratives but
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to watch more realistic narratives but hunger just like hit such a cord in me
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hunger just like hit such a cord in me
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hunger just like hit such a cord in me that I realized like film could be so
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that I realized like film could be so
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that I realized like film could be so real and no one has to say anything no
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real and no one has to say anything no
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real and no one has to say anything no one has to say anything it can still be
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one has to say anything it can still be
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one has to say anything it can still be the most powerful thing ever and Michael
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the most powerful thing ever and Michael
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the most powerful thing ever and Michael Fender became one of my first ever
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Fender became one of my first ever
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Fender became one of my first ever favorite actors and there's the scene
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favorite actors and there's the scene
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favorite actors and there's the scene where he's getting cream rubbed onto his
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where he's getting cream rubbed onto his
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where he's getting cream rubbed onto his saws and it's just shot from behind you
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saws and it's just shot from behind you
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saws and it's just shot from behind you just see it on his back and you see him
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just see it on his back and you see him
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just see it on his back and you see him flinching and I just didn't realize such
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flinching and I just didn't realize such
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flinching and I just didn't realize such small intimate things could be so
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small intimate things could be so
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small intimate things could be so powerful and it sort of changed my
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powerful and it sort of changed my
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powerful and it sort of changed my mindset of what film was so I think for
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mindset of what film was so I think for
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mindset of what film was so I think for that reason it will always stay as one
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that reason it will always stay as one
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that reason it will always stay as one of my favor number three is a monster
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of my favor number three is a monster
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of my favor number three is a monster with Charlie their on
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with Charlie their on
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with Charlie their on um because of Charlie ston mainly and
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um because of Charlie ston mainly and
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um because of Charlie ston mainly and because of the time in my life that I
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because of the time in my life that I
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because of the time in my life that I watched it um and I remember my mom
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watched it um and I remember my mom
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watched it um and I remember my mom saying in the kitchen like oh sh's the
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saying in the kitchen like oh sh's the
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saying in the kitchen like oh sh's the on one the Oscar and I didn't really
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on one the Oscar and I didn't really
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on one the Oscar and I didn't really know Oscar didn't know what that meant
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know Oscar didn't know what that meant
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know Oscar didn't know what that meant but I remember sort of thinking I'm
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but I remember sort of thinking I'm
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but I remember sort of thinking I'm gonna watch that film and it was the
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gonna watch that film and it was the
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gonna watch that film and it was the first time I saw a woman not adhering to
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first time I saw a woman not adhering to
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first time I saw a woman not adhering to her aesthetic and Breaking Free of her
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her aesthetic and Breaking Free of her
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her aesthetic and Breaking Free of her um sort of Breaking Free of the
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um sort of Breaking Free of the
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um sort of Breaking Free of the expectation of who she could play and
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expectation of who she could play and
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expectation of who she could play and realizing that women can play whoever
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realizing that women can play whoever
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realizing that women can play whoever they want and there's so much freedom in
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they want and there's so much freedom in
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they want and there's so much freedom in being messy and real and it's just was
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being messy and real and it's just was
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being messy and real and it's just was just the most creative way I'd ever seen
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just the most creative way I'd ever seen
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just the most creative way I'd ever seen a fil be made and a woman Breaking Free
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a fil be made and a woman Breaking Free
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a fil be made and a woman Breaking Free of like social constraints of the way
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of like social constraints of the way
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of like social constraints of the way that she looked and that is so exciting
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that she looked and that is so exciting
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that she looked and that is so exciting to me so that performance forever will
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to me so that performance forever will
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to me so that performance forever will kind of remind me of one of the reasons
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kind of remind me of one of the reasons
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kind of remind me of one of the reasons why I felt like I wanted to be and could
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why I felt like I wanted to be and could
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why I felt like I wanted to be and could be an actor because I suddenly realized
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be an actor because I suddenly realized
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be an actor because I suddenly realized like you can step out as side of every
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like you can step out as side of every
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like you can step out as side of every single box that you may be given and
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single box that you may be given and
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single box that you may be given and still create something amazing and still
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still create something amazing and still
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still create something amazing and still be so truthful she's also so powerful I
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be so truthful she's also so powerful I
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be so truthful she's also so powerful I love a powerful woman she's so unafraid
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love a powerful woman she's so unafraid
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love a powerful woman she's so unafraid and
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and
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and um just just creative and not feeling
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um just just creative and not feeling
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um just just creative and not feeling like she has to be sort of perfect all
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like she has to be sort of perfect all
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like she has to be sort of perfect all the time I like women who are real and I
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the time I like women who are real and I
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the time I like women who are real and I I don't know her I've never met her but
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I don't know her I've never met her but
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I don't know her I've never met her but I feel like she's very
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I feel like she's very
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I feel like she's very real number two um is fish tank by
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real number two um is fish tank by
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real number two um is fish tank by Andrew Arnold also Michael fander I was
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Andrew Arnold also Michael fander I was
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Andrew Arnold also Michael fander I was having a real Michael fer pH when I was
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having a real Michael fer pH when I was
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having a real Michael fer pH when I was about
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about
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about 15 I just think um but all my films have
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15 I just think um but all my films have
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15 I just think um but all my films have a real theme they all very intimate and
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a real theme they all very intimate and
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a real theme they all very intimate and they're all very real and down to earth
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they're all very real and down to earth
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they're all very real and down to earth and I I just think it's it's such a fine
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and I I just think it's it's such a fine
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and I I just think it's it's such a fine line to capture something that feels so
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line to capture something that feels so
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line to capture something that feels so genuine because you know I've been on
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genuine because you know I've been on
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genuine because you know I've been on set I know what it's like it's so easy
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set I know what it's like it's so easy
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set I know what it's like it's so easy to want to push push it and I always
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to want to push push it and I always
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to want to push push it and I always come off I'm always like how can I make
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come off I'm always like how can I make
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come off I'm always like how can I make this smaller how can I make this more
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this smaller how can I make this more
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this smaller how can I make this more naturalistic CU it it doesn't come
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naturalistic CU it it doesn't come
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naturalistic CU it it doesn't come naturally when you're on set so when I
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naturally when you're on set so when I
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naturally when you're on set so when I watch something that feels so effortless
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watch something that feels so effortless
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watch something that feels so effortless and it's like I could step into that
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and it's like I could step into that
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and it's like I could step into that screen and it's like I'm sitting in
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screen and it's like I'm sitting in
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screen and it's like I'm sitting in someone's living room and people are
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someone's living room and people are
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someone's living room and people are just talking that's what really excites
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just talking that's what really excites
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just talking that's what really excites me and fish tank is like that and it's
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me and fish tank is like that and it's
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me and fish tank is like that and it's the way she directs Andre Arnold she's
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the way she directs Andre Arnold she's
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the way she directs Andre Arnold she's um has this amazing cap she's always
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um has this amazing cap she's always
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um has this amazing cap she's always very uh heavy on the breath I always
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very uh heavy on the breath I always
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very uh heavy on the breath I always feel like the breath is like this
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feel like the breath is like this
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feel like the breath is like this constant backdrop so everything feels
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constant backdrop so everything feels
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constant backdrop so everything feels very close and it feels like every
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very close and it feels like every
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very close and it feels like every breath that someone takes you're getting
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breath that someone takes you're getting
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breath that someone takes you're getting more and more tense yourself and you
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more and more tense yourself and you
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more and more tense yourself and you sort of Realize by the end of the film
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sort of Realize by the end of the film
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sort of Realize by the end of the film that you're been holding your breath the
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that you're been holding your breath the
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that you're been holding your breath the whole time and it's also just a snippet
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whole time and it's also just a snippet
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whole time and it's also just a snippet of of of life but these characters are
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of of of life but these characters are
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of of of life but these characters are so fleshed out and again I watched it
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so fleshed out and again I watched it
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so fleshed out and again I watched it quite early on I must have been like 15
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quite early on I must have been like 15
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quite early on I must have been like 15 16 and I just thought whoa is this what
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16 and I just thought whoa is this what
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16 and I just thought whoa is this what film is like and it just kind of
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film is like and it just kind of
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film is like and it just kind of changed changed my the course of what I
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changed changed my the course of what I
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changed changed my the course of what I wanted to do so for that reason it all
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wanted to do so for that reason it all
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wanted to do so for that reason it all just have to stay in the top and my
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just have to stay in the top and my
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just have to stay in the top and my favorite film of all time is Blue
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favorite film of all time is Blue
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favorite film of all time is Blue Valentine because it's so
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Valentine because it's so
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Valentine because it's so intimate um with Ryan gossing and
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intimate um with Ryan gossing and
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intimate um with Ryan gossing and Michelle Williams it's so intimate and
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Michelle Williams it's so intimate and
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Michelle Williams it's so intimate and it's so
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it's so
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it's so real and I think it's one of the best uh
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real and I think it's one of the best uh
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real and I think it's one of the best uh onscreen kisses I've ever
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onscreen kisses I've ever
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onscreen kisses I've ever scene when they get married um and it's
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scene when they get married um and it's
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scene when they get married um and it's not even over the top but they get
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not even over the top but they get
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not even over the top but they get married and then they kiss and it just
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married and then they kiss and it just
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married and then they kiss and it just lasts for way longer than you expect and
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lasts for way longer than you expect and
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lasts for way longer than you expect and it's just so perfect and beautiful and
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it's just so perfect and beautiful and
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it's just so perfect and beautiful and its Simplicity and that's how I feel
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its Simplicity and that's how I feel
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its Simplicity and that's how I feel about the whole thing it's sort of it's
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about the whole thing it's sort of it's
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about the whole thing it's sort of it's such a reflection of real life and I
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such a reflection of real life and I
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such a reflection of real life and I feel everything that Michelle feels even
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feel everything that Michelle feels even
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feel everything that Michelle feels even though she's sort of barely doing
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though she's sort of barely doing
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though she's sort of barely doing anything so that is the kind of acting
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anything so that is the kind of acting
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anything so that is the kind of acting that I really lean into just so we can
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that I really lean into just so we can
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that I really lean into just so we can quickly talk about be to breakthrough
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quickly talk about be to breakthrough
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quickly talk about be to breakthrough how does it feel to be nominated for
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how does it feel to be nominated for
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how does it feel to be nominated for this incredible award having seen so
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this incredible award having seen so
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this incredible award having seen so many people who have won this award go
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many people who have won this award go
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many people who have won this award go on to such incredible things in the
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on to such incredible things in the
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on to such incredible things in the industry oh I feel uh it's very pinch me
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industry oh I feel uh it's very pinch me
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industry oh I feel uh it's very pinch me it's very surreal it's uh when you
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it's very surreal it's uh when you
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it's very surreal it's uh when you become an actor you think you're going
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become an actor you think you're going
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become an actor you think you're going to be a waitress forever and ever so
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to be a waitress forever and ever so
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to be a waitress forever and ever so every time anything happens to me I
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every time anything happens to me I
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every time anything happens to me I think really
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think really
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think really me um it feels what's also my favorite
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me um it feels what's also my favorite
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me um it feels what's also my favorite thing about it is sometimes this job can
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thing about it is sometimes this job can
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thing about it is sometimes this job can be a bit lonely because you're sort of
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be a bit lonely because you're sort of
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be a bit lonely because you're sort of going you become you go from job to job
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going you become you go from job to job
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going you become you go from job to job and you find a unit on a job and then
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and you find a unit on a job and then
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and you find a unit on a job and then you leave and you sort of have to start
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you leave and you sort of have to start
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you leave and you sort of have to start again every time so just to have some
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again every time so just to have some
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again every time so just to have some consistency and be part of something and
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consistency and be part of something and
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consistency and be part of something and all of us creatives be at the same stage
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all of us creatives be at the same stage
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all of us creatives be at the same stage is very special hey what's going on I'm
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is very special hey what's going on I'm
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is very special hey what's going on I'm Kevin Hart hi my name's Eric snow Street
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Kevin Hart hi my name's Eric snow Street
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Kevin Hart hi my name's Eric snow Street hi I'm Margo I'm Journey I'm James mavo
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hi I'm Margo I'm Journey I'm James mavo
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hi I'm Margo I'm Journey I'm James mavo I'm Daniel rli I'm Rebel Wilson I'm
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I'm Daniel rli I'm Rebel Wilson I'm
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I'm Daniel rli I'm Rebel Wilson I'm Jeremy Clarkson I'm going to be
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Jeremy Clarkson I'm going to be
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Jeremy Clarkson I'm going to be translating some Scottish tweets for
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translating some Scottish tweets for
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translating some Scottish tweets for it's gone viral on it's gone viral
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it's gone viral on it's gone viral
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it's gone viral on it's gone viral ooh on it's gone viral