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" I think my high-school acting career lasted a day. "
Dennis Farina
I Think
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" I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. "
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" I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up. "
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" This face is nothing to brag about. I don't know what it is that these people see in my face. "
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