Luckily, she doesnt require much downtime.

you’re free to do that when you have that passion within you.

(He also had a juicy role as an FBI agent inBlack Mass.

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I was wondering what the lives of bullies and their victims could become in later life, Edgerton says.

Its easier to abandon all vanity and be allowed to live in a morally murky place.

Its a good spot for him to be in.

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I thought maybe it was about the band, she says with a laugh.

She went to Quaker school, for example.

But her recent rise in visibility hasnt exactly made things easier.

Joel Edgerton

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For me it only gets harder, she says.

Its a certain necessary discontentment that keeps you reaching.

The other day when I was in Target, I heard this voice behind me, Smith says.

Tessa Thompson

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And there was this tiny little girl.

I think she was in kindergarten or first grade.

She had this Sadness doll and she said, Would you sign this, like?

Sadness

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Now so do we.

Nina Terrero

Rami Malek

For all its twists and murders, the first season ofMr.

Robotwas defined by a moment that nearly everyone saw coming.

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But as we watched Elliot Aldersons world crash down around him, the truth of Who is Mr. wasnt the revelation we cared most about.

In that graveyard scene, it was the heartbreaking quality of Rami Maleks performance that blew us away.

I get to be a part of something that affects peoples lives.

Jussie Smollett

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The show unites them and inspires them, Malek says.

I had a grandmother come up to me on the street the other day.

She said, Look at how old I am, and I love your show.

Constance Wu

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Someone out there has one cool grandma.

And much of the series success is thanks to the magnetic performance of Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon.

Its mind-boggling, he says of the success.

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I truly have gotten my life withEmpire.

And then he walked out, and I was like, What the f— just happened?

We think thats called the moment a star is born.

Shes a confident and sarcastic yet deeply loving matriarch who transcends the too easy tiger-mom stereotype.

Heres to staying the course for years to come.

It was enough to make us both cry.