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" I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease. "

Tom Sizemore

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Thought

" I'm from Detroit. I was from a kind of violent neighbourhood. "

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Fatherhood

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Tom Sizemore

Father

Man

" It's just acting. I take acting seriously but up to a point. "