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In this video from InStyle's 'Fan Mail,' Walton Goggins reads a heartfelt letter thanking him for making Southern characters complicated, funny, and human rather than caricatures. Watch as the actor agrees, sharing that some of the smartest people he's ever met are from the South and that the note means more to him than the fan knows.

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00:00Thank you, Walton Goggins. You make Southern complicated in the best way.
00:04Funny, dangerous, thoughtful, proud, and still trying to do right by people, even when it goes sideways.
00:10You make us look human, not just like caricatures with accents.
00:15You know what? This means more to me than you know, because I agree with you.
00:20I think that everybody has been stereotyped over the course of storytelling over the last hundred years.
00:27And the South is no exception to that.
00:30Some of the smartest people I've ever met in my life are from the South.
00:32Some of the funniest people I've ever met in my life are from the South.
00:36The Hollywood experience of the South wasn't mine.
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