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" My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all. "

Wentworth Miller

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" There'll be moments when I'm out in the prison yard, chatting with the cast and the crew, getting ready to shoot a scene. And then I'll remember if I were actually an inmate, I'd only be out there an hour. The other 23 hours of the day, I'd be in my cell. It's kind of a downer. "

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