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    As artists, it's really important to take time to see what other art is happening and to know what's happening in the world.

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    As consumers, we can buy organic and non-GMO verified products, so look out for those labels when shopping!

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    At this moment, glyphosate is the biggest threat. And because of its overuse, we are seeing the emergence of superweeds, which have grown resistant to glyphosate. This has led to biotech corporations developing even more toxic herbicides, including 2,4-D, one of the main components of Agent Orange.

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    Because GMOs aren't labeled, it's very hard to prove causality in terms of health effects. It's even more difficult because the seeds are patented, so independent researchers have a hard time gaining access to them.

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    Because there are so many factors when considering the potential impacts of GMOs on our health and environment, we wanted to make a film that could unpack complex subject matter, while taking the audience on an entertaining ride. It is a very powerful tool because it allows viewers to understand the nature of these very complicated issues in a digestible format, and then hopefully engage in a dialogue about them in their respective homes and communities.

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    Being a single woman is like going off to war.

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    For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.

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    For the most part, for me and my friends, there's always an emotional attachment that clouds women's judgment.

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    GMO herbicide-tolerant crops have led to a 527 million pound increase in herbicide use in the U.S. between 1996 and 2011.

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    GMOs are found in nearly 80% of processed food in the United States. Currently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is consumed what are you eating GMO with zoe lister-jonesgenetically engineered, as are 94% of soybeans and 94% of cotton. In short, they are everywhere.

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    I come from a long line of women who like shoes to a fault.

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    I do think it's important to be honest about your feelings in a long term relationship because it's totally human to be attracted to other people. It's just about what you do about that attraction.

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    I doubt I'm more secure than Meryl Streep... I guess actors just never feel secure.

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    I guess actors are very sensitive people. We're porous.

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    I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

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    I’m a big lipstick girl- I’m old school that way.

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    I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.

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    I'm a health-food junkie, so all of my food is a splurge, money-wise!

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    I'm everything free. I'm gluten-free. I'm dairy-free. I'm sugar-free. Sometimes I'm yeast-free which really means I eat paper.

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    In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.

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    In my view, relationship movies never get old because humanity will never not be confounded by their relationships.

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    I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.

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    I think a big misconception about GMOs is that there is a scientific consensus on their safety.

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    I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.

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    I think a lot of women, in the way that they might attach emotion to sex, attach emotion to food, in a different way than men.

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    I think "Girls" is pretty brilliant.

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    I think the dangers of the impact of GMOs on the environment are undebatable. Genetically modified crops are tied to the chemicals sprayed on them.

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    I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.

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    I try to make a lot of time for friends and family because I think that's really important and for pleasurable experiences.

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    It's always fun to play characters that are different from me.

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    It's human nature to want to be with other people.

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    I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.

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    I've been an audience member for friends in plays that I don't enjoy and I have to lie to their faces. It's just part of that lifestyle unfortunately, especially in New York.

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    I was never shielded from the realities of what it meant to be an artist and that made me afraid to be an artist because I wanted to know that my life was secure.

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    Most actors and actresses are performative as people. It goes part and parcel with the profession and New York actors who are out of work, or actors anywhere out of work, are manic because you never know when the next job is going to come.

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    Most actors and actresses are performative as people.

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    Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.

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    My mom's a great cook but I wasn't really allowed a lot of sugar or junk. That has served me well in my life.

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    Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.

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    See, I will always shop, and that's sort of a problem. Clothes are always exploding out of my closet!

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    Sometimes I think that kids who are given junk food then don't crave it as adults in the same way. I don't know. I'm trying to figure out what the psychology is behind it before I have children.

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    Theater is a really exciting place to return to all the time because it's incredible training for an actor.

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    The fact is, some of the most respected scientific bodies in the world, including Codex Alimentarius (jointly run by the World Health Organization and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations), the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association, have stated that more research needs to be done on GMOs through premarket safety assessments before we can truthfully determine their safety.

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    The Grocery Manufacturers Association is behind the bills which have been trying to pre-empt states' labeling laws in the Senate. And they have a lot of money and power in Washington. So it's a classic David versus Goliath story, where corporate lobbying outweighs consumers' rights.

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    There are a lot of great organizations who are fighting for food and environmental safety in this country. The Environmental Working Group, Just Label It, Food Democracy Now, and the Center for Food Safety, to name a few.

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    There are certain women who are sexually driven and they can compartmentalize it from an emotional attachment.

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    There are emotional ties to family that are connected to the sexual experience for women that are very different than men which does make it harder for women to date and not get hurt.

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    There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.

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    The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.

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    The World Health Organization recently concluded that glyphosate, the main ingredient in the most-used herbicide on GMOs, is "possibly carcinogenic to humans." What's even scarier is that more than 3,200 elementary schools are within 1,000 feet of genetically modified corn or soybean fields. Drift is a very real thing in agricultural communities, so the proximity of these toxic substances to children is terrifying.