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" Kids today don't watch a black and white movie. "

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" Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters. "

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" I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were. "

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