Fortune Feimster quote: "I'm from a small town in North Carolina and went to a small college and didn't think that someone like me could make a living in L.A. doing comedy. I worked hard, especially in college, but at that age, you don't know what's next."

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JACK MCBRAYER

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KAY GRANGER

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BENNY BLANCO

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WAYNE BRADY

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GASTON CAPERTON

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ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU

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STEVE CARELL

I was in school, but I wasn't into school. I wasn't doing what I wanted to be doing in schoo...
DYLAN O'BRIEN

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TAYLOR KITSCH

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HALSEY

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KATIE MCGRATH

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CARINE ROITFELD

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OLIVIA MUNN

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DARREN BOYD

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CHRIS STAPLETON

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DANIEL RADCLIFFE

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TAYLOR SWIFT

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CAITLIN MORAN

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JARED PADALECKI

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MICHELLE GOMEZ

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KIIARA

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ADAM DRIVER

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FOSTER FRIESS

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SAM ROCKWELL

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HEATH LEDGER

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JACK MCBRAYER

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CLARENCE THOMAS

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ALBERT FINNEY

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ESTER DEAN

You don't make a fortune doing cartoons. It's a lot of fun, it keeps you busy, and it's ...
PATRICK WARBURTON

Just do me a favor. Don't call me 'former teen heartthrob,' okay? It's as if they we...
DAVID CASSIDY

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TRISH STRATUS

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JACOB DALTON

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DAVID NICHOLLS

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DANIELLE BROOKS

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BRYAN SINGER

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DAISY RIDLEY

I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a s...
BARBARA MANDRELL

It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone bei...
KARIN SLAUGHTER

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GINNIFER GOODWIN

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SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT

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CHRIS O'DONNELL

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HOWARD SCHULTZ

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TIM MCGRAW

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CLAY SHIRKY

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MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX

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DAVID NAIL

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DYLAN WALSH

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WINONA RYDER

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TAYLOR HANSON

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JANE LEVY

I'm from a small town in North Carolina and went to a small college and didn't think that someone like me could make a living in L.A. doing comedy. I worked hard, especially in college, but at that age, you don't know what's next.

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I'm from a small town in North Carolina and went to a small college and didn't think that someone like me could make a living in L.A. doing comedy. I worked hard, especially in college, but at that age, you don't know what's next.

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