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Brit Marling

A lot of people think, 'I'll give acting or poetry or filmmaking a try. And if it doesn't work out I'll go get a law degree, do something else that's more practical.' For me I went the reverse way. I lived the back-up plan.

Brit Marling

Poetry

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Brit Marling is saying that instead of starting with a practical career and then trying creative work if that fails, she began with the practical option first. She experienced the "back-up plan" as her main path, rather than as a fallback after pursuing art.

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