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" Here I am, a struggling actor, and movie executives are saying to me, 'My son's not playing much. What can we do about that?' How do I tell someone I'm dying to work with, 'Your kid is kind of lazy?' "

Glen Powell

Dying

Work

Son

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Cartoon

Realize

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Going

Thinking

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Texas

Anybody

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Growing

Want