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Johnny Depp Actor, Producer
Personality

"There's the whole Mad Hatter's dilemma, it was the amount of mercury that they used in the glue to make the hats. Everything was damaging. So, in terms of the Mad Hatter, looking at it from that perspective of this guy who literally is damaged goods, physically damaged, emotionally a little obtuse, and taking that and deciding that he should be - as opposed to just this hyper, nutty guy - he should explore all sides of the personality at an extreme level."

Personality Perspective Mad
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Mary McCarthy Author
Personality

"Others are to us like the characters in fiction, eternal and incorrigible; the surprises they give us turn out in the end to have been predictable and unexpected variations on the theme of being themselves."

Giving Character Personality
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Maya Lin Architect, Artist
Personality

"I think I've always had an activist stance, yet at the same time, the other side of me - and this is where some people just don't get it, or they'd prefer it if the work was a lot uglier, a lot louder - I have this personality where I just want to put something out that's a fact and then let you interpret it. It's almost as if you might barely notice it, you might walk right by it, but you have to pay attention."

People Thinking Personality
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Meryl Streep Actress, Producer
Personality

"Without question, of the heterosexual men that I've spoken to over the years, that's usually - they say, you know, my favorite thing you've ever done was Linda or Sophie. And they were a particular kind of very feminine, recessive kind of personality. So they fell in love with her, but they didn't feel the story through her body."

Men Years Personality
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Michael Scott Business Executive
Personality

"Good collaboration essentially boils down to personalities who work well together and are able to integrate each other's notes and ideas without killing each other."

Ideas Together Personality
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Liza Campbell Artist
Personality

"[Ivy Wilkes] loves [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work, but is not satisfied by just looking at the paintings; she wants the painting to be her own. The plot grew naturally out of Ivy's personality (and flaws)."

Personality Ivy Georgia O Keeffe
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