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" The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from it or deny that it happened. That does a disservice to most actors. To me, it looks like you're ungrateful. "

Sean Hayes

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Johnny Iuzzini

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Martin Yan

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