Carolina QuotesI think you go through a lot of it, just kind of repressing that stress. You’re like, ‘Everything’s great, everything’s fine. Everything’s fine. Nothing bothers me.’ And then one day it just kind of hits you in the face. You know, where you have to acknowledge [the stress]. …There’s a stigma about complaining about work, I guess because it’s so hard to do what we do and it’s a dream for so many people. You feel like you don’t have the right to complain about anything.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Carolinian
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"Scott Pilgrim’s Mary Elizabeth Winstead Reveals Why She Almost Quit Acting" in Cinema Blend (27 October 2020)
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