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So when I read it, I was like, “Oh, OK. That’s like those five-page monologues that you don’t get very often to do for one character in one episode.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“Who wants to be 60 years old and your parents die and you get a bundle of money? What does that do for you?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“I would love to see what he’s going to do for this city,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"That was an affordable way I could make crazy things like an alien and a spaceship. I wasn't thinking about a career - animation was just something I wanted to do for fun."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Again, it’s the least I can do for someone I might be sentencing to such a cruel fate.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold