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No, I actually thought I’d be a child psychologist. Until I was 18, I thought that. My parents separated when I was really young, so I would hang out with my dad and did little tricks like the MC Hammer dance. That was the extent of my performing. I was also good at describing things.  When you look back on your youth, did you ever think you were going to be an actress?

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What was the most intense thing you ever went through personally or professionally?Honestly, I think it was that move from Jersey to London when I was a kid. I was really against the idea. I remember the family trying to take a last picture before we left, and all you can see are tears streaming down my face. It took a few years to get used to London, and I’m so glad that I got cool with it because England is the most awesome country. 

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When I was first on the show, or you go through times in life when you’re feeling laissez-faire about things…I don’t know, maybe the end is sort of inevitable, so you just somewhere and try to live out the last few days or weeks doing the thing you love. But then I thought, “Hell no, I would totally fight.” I am ambitious and crazy driven, so why would I not apply that in an apocalypse?

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"I'd always fantasized about playing a southern role. I definitely had this idea"—and here she breaks into the farm-girl drawl that defines Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead— "she'd be soooo southern. I had to dial that in slightly."

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"You could spin the flipping globe and put me anywhere on it and I'd be happy [....] I never realized how much I actually curse until I read a couple of interviews, and I was like: You need to find a different word."

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