"In England, I get offered films. I don't get offers in America. People don't know what to do with me in America. And I've disappeared."

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“I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.”

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