Natasha Gregson Wagner Quotes

I was always attracted to characters that were in some level of turmoil or suffering because I had so much of that in my own life and I wanted to channel it. I was always into darker things.

Natasha Gregson Wagner

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• I was always attracted to characters that were in some level of turmoil or suffering because I had so much of that in my own life and I wanted to channel it. I was always into darker things.

  

  Natasha Gregson Wagner
  • Character
  • Suffering