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" Cricket is basically baseball on valium. "
Robin Williams
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" A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys. "
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" With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people. "
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" My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly. "
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