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J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON
I was born in a blender. LORNA LUFT
I was born 'neath a clouded star. JULIA WARD HOWE I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead.
GEORGETTE MOSBACHER
I was born to be funny. BUDDY HACKETT
I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. ERIC ALLIN CORNELL
I did this one movie with a great director named Wayne Kramer. It was 'Crossing Over,' and H... JUSTIN CHON
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DARRYL SYDOR I think it came off my shoulder, but I don't care as it went in. It was an important goal and we kic...
HASAN SALIHAMIDZIC I saw Tom Cruise at every audition I went up for, and he was a friendly go-getter back then. You got...
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JAMES LEPP Shocked and devastated. I'll have to start all over again. I had no idea my room was one that was af...
NANCY ALLEN I thought I was going to feel like I was on a hunting trip with Dick Cheney , but when we went into ...
TOM SWAN I've been on the board of UCLA Film and TV School, and I went to UCLA. I realized that the same ...
DARREN STAR The Russell property is a special place, ... It was on our A-list.
DOUG WEAVER
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And that is how the problems were always fixed. Fix them on the surface but don't go to the root, al... CECELIA AHERN
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