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" I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to it, never take away. "

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Life Is Beautiful

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" My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America a generation before when times were very bad in Ireland. He worked in the Pennsylvania area and did well with horses and farming. "

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