Kate Mara Quotes
I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'
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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
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My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'
