To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation. - Alexander Smith - Quotesmemo.com

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Where The Wild Things Are we were asking a lot of a 9-year-old kid. We were asking a lot of any actor.

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Alexander Smith

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

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