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"    Photo: Getty Images   The Tribeca Film Festival kicked off last night with the world premiere of Mistaken for Strangers, a self-mockumentary featuring indie rock band, The National. A mile-long red carpet was studded with celebrities, including the festival&amp;#039;s founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff. ELLE.com caught up with one of our favorite blondes, Ari Graynor, who is the star of the recent comedy For a Good Time Call, to talk about her newest role as a juror for the Tribeca Film Festival and the responsibility of helping to choose the winner for the 2013 Best New Narrative Director. ELLE: You&amp;#039;re attending the film festival as a juror. How did that come about?   Ari Graynor: I am judging everybody in general all over New York, that&amp;#039;s how I understand my role. I don&amp;#039;t know why anyone thinks I&amp;#039;m qualified to judge anybody&amp;#039;s film-making, but I&amp;#039;m so honored that they did. I&amp;#039;m excited to sit and watch movies for 12 days. ELLE: You have done more than just act... AG: Yes, I&amp;#039;ve gotten into producing, and I&amp;#039;ve done more than my fair share of indie movies. I&amp;#039;ve been around long enough to know how it goes. It&amp;#039;s such an incredible feat when any independent film gets made, it will be hard to decide which is the best. Everybody works differently. ELLE: What else will you be doing while you&amp;#039;re in New York? AG: I&amp;#039;m excited to see so many movies. Usually, when I&amp;#039;m at a festival with a movie that I&amp;#039;m in, I&amp;#039;m in and out in 24 hours. I usually see a lot of theater when I&amp;#039;m here. I just saw Macbeth with Alan Cumming\u2014it was unreal\u2014and I saw The Last Five Years. I&amp;#039;ve done a bunch of Broadway, so I&amp;#039;m a theater nerd when I come to New York. ELLE: What&amp;#039;s next?  AG: I&amp;#039;m never going to be done judging\u2014that&amp;#039;s a life-long job. After this particular festival, I&amp;#039;m going to hang out with friends and enjoying the spring [weather]. I&amp;#039;m going to do a play at Williamstown Theater Festival, which I&amp;#039;m very excited about. And I have my birthday coming up. ELLE: Is it a big birthday? AG: It&amp;#039;s a big birthday [30]. I&amp;#039;m excited about it, but it&amp;#039;s definitely big.    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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