My dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like Ida Lupino and those other women I saw up there on the screen during the Depression.

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  These kids at the Ali Forney Center are literally dumped by their families because of the fact that

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  I can't say I'm a singer - I'm an actress who can sing.

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  There were some days where I was like, you know what, I don't relate to everything that I'm hearing

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