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I Knew That My Newfound Activism And Feminism Was Going To Improve My Acting, Because I Was Seeing Things Not Just In Very Narrow, Individual, Kind Of Freudian Terms, But Seeing Them In A Much Broader, Societal Way That Was Going To Deepen And Enrich My Talent.

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Jane Fonda

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I Knew That My Newfound Activism And Feminism Was Going To Improve My Acting, Because I Was Seeing Things Not Just In Very Narrow, Individual, Kind Of Freudian Terms, But Seeing Them In A Much Broader, Societal Way That Was Going To Deepen And Enrich My Talent.

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