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" Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. "

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" I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself. "

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" In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. "

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