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Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in and not just casually observe. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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I like to investigate all different kinds of people, I guess, and find out what makes them who they are, and try to be honest in the portrayal, and truthful, and find out how to understand that person, how to communicate that person's experience. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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People equate success with youth. And if you haven't had a certain amount of success by a certain time in your life, it's never going to happen. There's a fear about that. So people start lying about their age really young. I've never done that because I think it's so insignificant. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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