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ADAM MCKAY I feel like everything I wear is a favorite thing. I wouldn't wear something if I didn't lov... DAKOTA JOHNSON I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking. JAY LENO I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sou... SALLY PEARSON I don't like my whole life dragged out. I don't want anyone to know about me, because I don&... LILLY PULITZER I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ag... JOHN RIDLEY 'The Exorcist' is absolutely my favorite horror film, and I watched it when I was, like, sev... ODETTE ANNABLE We couldn't buy Google on the IPO, but I knew I wanted to own it. I was gonna go big. It came ou... CHARLES SCHWAB When I was 15, I didn't think I was the prettiest at all. But then something happened when I was... CYNTHIA ERIVO I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my ... 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When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I sai... SHERILYN FENN My mom tells me the first show we saw was 'The Secret Garden,' but I don't remember that... AARON LAZAR I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my frien... WALLACE SHAWN If you don't have a father, you don't miss it, because you don't know what it is. It was... GLORIA VANDERBILT I was so beautiful but I didn't realise it for years. I saw pictures of myself and even I was st... BRITT EKLAND I don't usually get star struck, but I met Sir Paul McCartney randomly on Sunset Boulevard a few... STERLING KNIGHT I did make a solo album in my house when I was there. And because I was just afraid of flying, I wou... CHRISTINE MCVIE I never went to drama school, I don't have any certificates saying: 'He's a qualified ac... HUGH LAURIE I've been working since I was 18. People say something every time I cut my hair. They wouldn'... 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