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“As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.”

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Patricia Heaton

Patricia Heaton, born on March 4, 1958, is an accomplished American actress. She is best known for her roles in the television series 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and its spin-off 'Frasier', for which she won an Emmy Award. more

“The fans reacted very positively to me being cast [The Mortal Instruments] which, as a Twilight or Harry Potter franchise, when you read a book and you have someone in your mind or you have a vision and then they're cast in real life, it can go either way. So I was very, very honored and happy that they were excited.”

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Author:Lily Collins

“I think the big thing is the fairy tale. It's taking old folk fairy tales and retelling them in modern day. I think it's just taking you out of everyday life, and everyone loves a good fairy tale.”

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Author:Lily Collins

“Snow White has always been one of my favorite fairy tales growing up. To be able to say, "I'm going to be Snow White" - it's crazy. It's an honor.”

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Author:Lily Collins

“We all grew up in that era. I'm a little younger than these guys [Will Forte and John Solomon], but I would say all of us are huge fans of the original "MacGyver" series, and obviously we found that inspiration for the original pitch for MacGruber. We took his name and made it stupid. In terms of the inspiration for the movie, that really came from our love for late '80s/early '90s action movies - the whole "Lethal Weapon" series and "Rambo" and "Die Hard," every single [Arnold] Schwarzenegger and [Sylvester] Stallone film.”

“When certain people hear "'SNL' comedy," rightfully so, you expect it to be a certain kind of goofiness.”

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Author:Will Forte

“When I was a kid watching "The Blues Brothers," I could not think of a better thing than watching 300 cop cars crash into each other.”

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Author:Will Forte

“I think the advantage we had with "MacGruber" is the speed we had to put it together. We had a such a short period to write the movie and such a post-[production] period, it was almost like the way that the show worked, where everything is happening so fast you have to go with your gut.”

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Author:Will Forte

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