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" A live action movie is work, and an animated movie is you showing up in your pajamas once every three months, or in my case, just a splash of baby powder. It's not any kind of heavy lifting. "

Ryan Reynolds

Live

Baby

Action

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" I love Canada. It makes a nice hat for America. When America runs out of water, it's the first place I'll go. "

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" We started training a month before the movie started and then by five months in, we were at our peak shape. "

" I played rugby for years, and I had a rugby jacket that I lost when I was 14. Somehow, my brother found it in storage 15 years later, and he gave it back to me for my 30th birthday. That was amazing and probably one of the best gifts I've ever received. "

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