Catherine Keener
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"Catherine Ann Keener" is an American actress. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress/Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Maxine in Being John Malkovich (1999) and Harper Lee in Capote (film)/Capote (2005). Keener also appeared in the critically acclaimed films Into the Wild (film)/Into the Wild (2007) and Synecdoche, New York (film)/Synecdoche, New York (2008). Keener is also the noted muse of director Nicole Holofcener having appeared in every work of hers to date.

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I was an English and history major, and I was in a class that culminated in a play at the end of the semester for Father's Weekend-we had a thing at our college called Father's Weekend where we all paid tribute to our fathers.

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I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.

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I just never fantasized about Mr. Rogers, but I like his whole vibe.

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I know many great actors who have small heads.

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I'm paranoid, anyway.

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Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.

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For a long time Dermot worked more, and I would always go on location with him... Dermot did all the work-I think he commuted maybe 10 times between flying to Omaha from Toronto. It takes effort when you're both working, but we try not to work at the same time.

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It takes a while for me to actually want to do something. I don't find a lot of things that I really want to do.

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I never ice skated before... I learned enough to skate for the 20 yards I needed to.

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