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'I Never Set Out To Be An Actor,' Says 'Transparent' Star Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann plays Ali on the Amazon series Transparent. She says her character was "lost in the woods of being lost" and is now working to become "more focused." Jennifer Clasen/Amazon hide caption

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'I Never Set Out To Be An Actor,' Says 'Transparent' Star Gaby Hoffmann

Hoffmann grew up in the Chelsea Hotel with her mother, an actress in Andy Warhol's Factory. Gaby appeared in Field of Dreams and other films as child, but says she saw acting as "a means to an end."

'I Never Set Out To Be An Actor,' Says 'Transparent' Star Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann plays Ali on the Amazon series Transparent. She says her character was "lost in the woods of being lost" and is now working to become "more focused." Jennifer Clasen/Amazon hide caption

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'I Never Set Out To Be An Actor,' Says 'Transparent' Star Gaby Hoffmann

'I Never Set Out To Be An Actor,' Says 'Transparent' Star Gaby Hoffmann

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