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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

10 months

abortion is fundamental to healthcare. abortion is fundamental to bodily autonomy.

Deadline Hollywood

@DEADLINE

10 months

Zoe Kazan at the WGAE Abortion Rights/Labor Rights Rally #WritersStrike

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

what they are doing to @AOC is not just designed to shame her. it is designed to shame all young women into thinking they should not/could not run for office—that old videos or pictures or rumors of them would surface, that they could never dress/act/speak unimpeachably enough...

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zoe kazan

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7 years

The President of the United States is a sexual predator.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

*closes twitter* *immediately re-opens twitter, as if there might be a different internet*

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 months

............kind of shocked that anyone who saw zone of interest could be shocked by what glazer said at the oscars

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

women get hotter & better with age & anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

this is your yearly reminder that it is incredibly rude to ask a woman (especially a woman who is not your INTIMATE friend) any variation of any of the following: *when she is gonna have kids *when she is gonna get married *why she is single thank you, have a civil 2018.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

4 years

i mean this with respect: i wish more people who won awards on TV would thank their nannies, babysitters & other childcare providers

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

this doesn’t just extend to politics. it is designed to intimidate us into thinking that we similarly will be attacked/undermined if we try to assume/wield power in whatever field. protect & defend @AOC , protect & defend the future for all women.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

4 years

i will never forget what i learned watching lupita nyongo in us or florence pugh in midsommar or the entire freaking cast of parasite. and howard ratner seems to me like a person i knew & loved & struggled with. prizes are ephemeral; art lives.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

9 years

(everyone cries at least a little when they listen to "wildest dreams" right? cc: @taylorswift13 )

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

11 months

...was the b*nshees of in*sherin actually about the breakup of oasis

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

she has a name she has a name she has a name: Emily V. Gordon, now a multiply-award-nominated screenwriter. it's HER body & HER illness. the least you can do is put her name in the headline, if you're going to make a "moment" of her life. thanks 👋🏼

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

A movie that cost 1.5 million dollars to make won Best Picture. You can raise that money. Write your story, don't give up. It's possible.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

4 years

instead of releasing DUNE just re-release ARRIVAL as soon as the theaters open so we can give Amy Adams *her* Oscar

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

(paul & i stand on top of our building’s roof, enjoying the sunset) me: oh shit, you can see directly into that apartment! look, that lady’s watching footloose paul: .......what are we gonna do? me: about what? paul: she has motion smoothing on me: paul: should we go over there??

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 months

a movie so rigorously intent on not allowing its audience escape into sentiment or self-congratulation, that turns a mirror instead, asking us to look at ourselves and think..... that the person who made that film might ask the same of us while accepting an award for his work...

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

HOW DOES THIS NOT DISQUALIFY HIM FOR OFFICE????? He cannot use the presidency for his personal gain. It's illegal. Are we all asleep? @ACLU ?

Eric Lipton

@EricLiptonNYT

7 years

Presidential Business? Trump Meets This Week With Business Partners from India, Trump Organization confirms to NYT

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 years

it's been 10 years this week since RUBY SPARKS was released. tonight Paul & I are having dinner with Jonathan & Valerie, who directed it. I guess because I'm feeling grateful & nostalgic & in disbelief that a decade could have passed, here are a handful of memories:

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

wait is this just how he describes dating women over 25 or

The A.V. Club

@TheAVClub

7 years

James Woods says he's retiring to focus on his antiquing

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

I have thrown away the unread New Yorkers that were in a pile on the floor and which you were probably saving for absolutely no reason Forgive me they were from 2015 so dusty and so old

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 years

so this is a weird thing to tweet, but I guess it's a weird world: please don't send fan mail for Paul or me to our home address. we won't answer it or sign pictures that come here. our privacy is important to us; our address got put online against our best efforts to protect it.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

honestly fucking laid low by how many movies from the '80s & '90s are filled with male character actors & movie stars who STILL work...and then like one woman i've never/barely heard of, presumably because she "aged" "out of" "her attractiveness."

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

1 year

"when mama says action we have to be quiet"

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

11 months

I don't like to talk about our kids publicly, but I *do* wish film twitter could hear Paul re-capping the movies he saw in Cannes for our inquisitive four year old child

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

the five movies i saw in college (age 18-21) that made the biggest impact on me, long term: 1. PARIS IS BURNING 2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND 3. WHEN WE WERE KINGS 4. MEDIUM COOL 5. LOST IN TRANSLATION (your turn.)

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

a clubhouse for people who still think about amy adams’ performance in ARRIVAL multiple times a week

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

1) rape is not sex. 2) when one person has all the power AND something that the other person badly needs, it is very hard for the other person to truly give consent. 3) "everyone" does not include me or anyone i know. and i know a lot of actors. so.

The Daily Beast

@thedailybeast

6 years

Harvey Weinstein finally speaks, says "everyone" trades sex for film roles

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

So surreal that your husband & father are building a platform that empowers & delights KKK members & Nazis & you don't find that intolerable

Ivanka Trump

@IvankaTrump

7 years

Such a surreal moment descending the steps of Air Force One for the first time with my family.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

my february: no twitter no heels no makeup no press bake bread make soup sleep late go to bed early read novels take care of my body therapy see the hockney exhibit see the stephen shore exhibit see friends prepare for next project cry build fires write

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

i bought books today because it was the only way i could think to soothe myself & a used bookstore is the closest thing i have to a church.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 months

it makes me so sad that this could even be considered a political stance

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 months

....i think part of the horror of the film is that it makes us face that face that the people on both sides of the wall are human. it might be easier (on ourselves) to think that they are not.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

my favorite christmas carol is my mother softly saying “oh god” in reaction to mistakes being made during the technical challenge in the great british bake-off

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

OH OSCAR NOMINEE SUFJAN STEVENS

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

every biography of every artist should have to include a detailed account of whether they had to negotiate childcare, and if so who took care of the children/how/what hours/etc

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

1 year

imagine loving an idea of gender more than you love your own child

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

4 years

ok let’s play a game. what is the historical event/person you want someone to make a big epic movie about, except they never will because it would cost 100 million dollars & like three people would go see it?

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

i asked the waitress to describe the pâté on this menu & she said "it's like a creamy meat butter" & you know what, i deserved that

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

8 years

Every woman I passed on the way to and from the polls smiled at me & nodded at me. A few of us laughed out loud. We know. Today is the day.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

4 years

we cried when @Criterion made this offer. i'll never get over it. with an essay from the inimitable @MarkHarrisNYC . on blu-ray & dvd, with interviews with our designers, editor, composer, cinematographer, and more:

Wildlife

The directorial debut of actor Paul Dano reveals a filmmaking talent of remarkable intelligence and restraint. Adapted by Dano and Zoe Kazan from the novel by Richard Ford, this meticulously crafted...

www.criterion.com

Criterion Collection

@Criterion

4 years

@selfstyledsiren @AriAster @JOSH_BENNY @BilgeEbiri @brrich1 @sheilakathleen Paul Dano's directorial debut—a meticulously crafted portrait of the American nuclear family in crisis, adapted by Dano and @zoeinthecities from the novel by Richard Ford—reveals a filmmaking talent of remarkable intelligence and restraint.

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zoe kazan

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8 years

some thoughts on ghomeshi, in a medium where i don't have to be brief:

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

My sister & I both knew girls in school who were killed by boys with guns who felt rejected by them. There is something extremely fucked up in our society that this keeps happening. The very least we can do is stop romanticizing these killers as 'lovesick'

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

8 months

now that the WGA strike is over, someone please write a worthy role for Fairuza Balk

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

FYI when I say "unconstitutional" I don't mean "I disagree with this policy." I mean it actually violates our Constitution. #muslimban

zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

A Muslim ban is unconstitutional.

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zoe kazan

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6 years

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀(it all of us) 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

If you think a woman should be prepared to carry & raise a child for every time she has sex, you don't care either about women or about sex.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

I wrote something about learning how to feed myself (and coming into my adult power):

Zoe Kazan on Overcoming an Eating Disorder (Published 2016)

“Dragging the terrible thing into the light can strip it of its potency.”

www.nytimes.com

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zoe kazan

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1 month

co-signing all of this, tg for her

Rafa Sales Ross

@rafiews

1 month

This Kirsten Dunst press tour has given us some all-timers

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

Every single trans person who has served or WILL serve in our military is braver, stronger & a better patriot & human than @realDonaldTrump

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

i'll add this: no straight cis man will ever understand what it feels like to be a woman, and be screamed at by a man. women carry with us the epigenetic & culturally enforced understanding that we could potentially become targets of male rage & violence at any time.

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zoe kazan

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6 years

i had my first accidental dial on an iphone & it was to @kumailn & not some horrifying ex. i will take this as proof of the existence of angels.

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zoe kazan

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6 years

seems worth noting: jessica walter also talks in that interview about how rare a role lucille bluth has been & what a boon "arrested development" was to her career. the men in the room are quick to jump on board--"for us too! for all of us."

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

to every person who's ever given me shit abt my grandpa's involvement w HUAC: the time has for you to prove you wouldn't have done the same.

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zoe kazan

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2 years

we have a wonderful nanny. also my parents moved in for a few months--twice--to help while we were both filming on opposite sides of the country/world in 2020 and 2021. I keep telling Paul to talk about this in interviews, because men so rarely get asked about childcare. anyway.

eli !! 💫 saw starkid wtf

@roguesreprise

2 years

paul dano playing the riddler and speilbergs father, writing a riddler comic, writing his next movie all in the same year...AND being a father on top of that literally how does he do it

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zoe kazan

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4 years

and finally, since I have stepped back onto this platform for one hot second, let me just say this: BONG HIVE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

shocking portion of being an actress entails simply being willing to get up at 5 am & shave your legs in winter.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

The March today is not pro-life. It is anti-choice. It is about the GOP's desire for institutional control over women's bodies & futures.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

4 years

paul and i have only been parents for a year & four months and we have employed at least a dozen women over three continents in that time, all of whom have made it possible for us to do our jobs; this is not to mention our family & friends who have pitched in. the debt is immense

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

8 years

To everyone saying "He held his own": Fuck you, he is a threat to our democracy. To HRC: I can't imagine how hard that was. Thank you.

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zoe kazan

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4 years

well, apparently WILDLIFE is streaming on Netflix, which means if you haven't seen it yet...now's your chance!

Ricky

@rickydvl

4 years

Now streaming on Netflix is maybe top 3 completely overlooked and snubbed films of last decade; Paul Dano and @zoeinthecities ‘s masterpiece Wildlife (2018). Carey Mulligan should’ve been nominated and it’s a travesty she wasn’t.

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zoe kazan

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7 years

condolences, straight white dudes.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

the best part of making THE BIG SICK = getting @emilyvgordon & @kumailn in my life the best part of its success = seeing them be lauded ❤️❤️

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

5 years

why am i soft in the middle now? why am i soft in the middle? the rest of my life is so hard.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 years

petite maman has a runtime of one hour twelve minutes and for that duration it took me out of myself and somehow restored me to myself. also it made me cry? but in the good way? which, after the last month, felt like a balm. anyway. i recommend.

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zoe kazan

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6 years

in 2012 a journalist on the RUBY SPARKS press tour took me down for wearing a Hello Kitty bandaid. she implied it robbed me of any feminist bona fides. still makes me mad. but it’s 2018 now boo, i will fight for your right to wear whatever you want, fuck anyone who says different

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 years

are those motherfuckers timing this for mother's day

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

For the billionth time:

Desi

@DesiJed

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Defunding Planned Parenthood isn't about stopping abortions since govt. doesn't pay for that,it's about controlling women & their sexuality.

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zoe kazan

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4 years

my brain keeps getting caught on the fact that for the next few years, most new movies & tv shows will have been written pre-pandemic, and therefore be set in a world where covid-19 didn't happen, aka we're about to get a whole lot of science fiction.

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zoe kazan

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7 years

DJT is 1) telling us the world is dangerous 2) isolating us from our friends (allies) 3) only HE can fix it. Textbook abusive relationship.

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zoe kazan

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6 years

endlessly proud of paul, carey, our cast/crew/producers/team--and the film we made. it has been paul's absolute dream to show a film at cannes. we are honored & thrilled to be here. 🖤 #wildlife

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

a book of short stories called JENNIFER LAWRENCE AGES INTO THE ROLES SHE PLAYED AS A GIRL

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@zoeinthecities

4 years

"you know, we're in the middle of a pandemic, I feel bad for anyone who isn't a Grateful Dead fan or a phish fan" --Paul, testing me just now

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

spotted today: bumper sticker that said NO GODS NO PANTS NO PROBLEMS

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@zoeinthecities

11 months

if I could be put in charge of any IP and do whatever I wanted: a LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS movie, Paul as Seymour, Betty Gilpin as Audrey, Richard Kind as Mr. Mushnik, Bobby Cannavale as Orin Scrivello DDS, Keenan Thompson as Audrey II. and dream big, Todd Haynes directs it.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

Call the first number. Press 4 to leave a message. Leave a message saying you want the VOTES AUDITED for the Presidential election ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

David Adjmi

@dadjmi

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It's down to 50K votes for just 3 states: Call the DOJ at 1-202-514-2000 LV A MESSAGE or 202-353-1555, tell them you want the VOTES AUDITED

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zoe kazan

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6 years

CO-PINNACLE!!!!!!!! @emilyvgordon

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@zoeinthecities

6 years

or, to quote margaret atwood, "men are afraid that women will laugh at them. women are afraid that men will kill them."

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

watching RESERVOIR DOGS for the first time and in this scene where mr pink & mr white are arguing, and mr orange is bleeding in the other room...look at the jugs on the counter👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼and how they are divided in the frame by the chair

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 years

you can send mail to Paul via WME. you can send mail to me via UTA. those addresses are easily found online. thank you and have a great day.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

9 years

me too lucy, me too http://t.co/d8gOwWtABd

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

"What do you do?" "I'm an actor." "Act-RESS." "😶" "What would I know you from?" "I have no idea." "What have you been in? List some things you've been in." "No." "Seriously, what have you been in? I know your face." [Lists things I've been in, dying inside] "No. Nope. No. No."

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

Just watched #ToAllTheBoysILovedBefore & loved it. It reminds me of the best of what spoke to me in the best of John Hughes's movies. Plus sisters. Plus a more diverse cast onscreen than many movies. And you can watch it TONIGHT on @netflix 💗💗

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zoe kazan

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7 years

My dear cousin lives in DC & works combating human trafficking. She recommends people go here for info: Please RT 👆🏼

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@teebrown_

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it's not always as blatant as someone getting snatched & thrown in a van. They're luring ppl in. Talk to your siblings.

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6 years

oh those directing nominations, oh our first female cinematographer nominated, oh daniel kaluuya, oh the love for phantom thread, OH EMILY & KUMAIL

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4 years

give me your pettiest nagging complaint of the moment, the one so small compared to the trouble in the world that you're too ashamed to put anywhere else

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6 years

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The Big Sick

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We never get tired of saying CONGRATULATIONS @emilyvgordon and @kumailn !!! #SpiritAwards #TheBigSick

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@zoeinthecities

6 years

when offered the inevitable biopic gets greenlit, every single fucking actor should turn down the part.

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@vincentscarpa

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Just when you think you can’t love Michael Shannon any more than you already do:

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6 years

having re-watched NETWORK & SUNSET BLVD in the last few months, i feel strongly that we have collectively underrated william holden as an actor. thank you.

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5 years

ahem: my mom told me not to buy new summer pjs for the baby, but just to cut the arms & legs off the baby’s old long sleeved pjs, and you know what, she was 100% right

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@zoeinthecities

7 years

Until men personally go thru the pain of losing a pregnancy in the 2nd trimester, they should have no right to fucking vote on this issue.

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@zoeinthecities

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buy my plays for a good cause, I'll send you a nice thank you note and everything

Helen Simmons ✨

@HelenSimmons8

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I am especially excited to have a lot donated by the person I get told I look like around 3 times a week every week - @zoeinthecities !!

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6 years

i'm all for solidarity & visible protest but there is definitely at least one man in that room wearing a #TIMESUP pin who is the exact opposite of an ally

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

🚨 STOP THE APPOINTMENT OF STEVE BANNON🚨 (image & petition courtesy of @LauraBenanti )

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

Thanks to @MMFlint & @MarkRuffalo for helping organize our #TrumpTowerProtest tonight & to the NYPD for helping support our peaceful action.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

4 years

raise your hand if a boomer has asked you to please stop bombarding them with your worry for them right now

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

6 years

me, casual: i respect how tom cruise is going to ride the mission impossible franchise until he dies paul, not casual: the day tom cruise dies we are going to go into MOURNING. as a NATION. it will be the first worldwide blackout. on that day, earth will not be visible from space

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

4 years

In the absolute terrible stew of this time, I keep coming back to this thought: that my life to date would have been much happier (and more expansive) if I had been more comfortable admitting what I didn't know. "I don't know" can be an open door, but it's a scary thing to say.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

2 years

SHE SAID premieres at NYFF today, and I want to say one thing beforehand: one of the many things that made me want to be a part of telling this story is that it depicts two working mothers making the (usually invisible) effort of balancing their home life with their work

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

women have to be stronger than men. life requires it of us. our bodies require it of us. the system requires it of us. the strength of other women humbles me. they make me strong.

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zoe kazan

@zoeinthecities

7 years

this has been 33.

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