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" Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona - his struggles as a human being - that was interesting to me. "

Ed Harris

Said

Not Knowing

Art

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Try

Myself

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Still

I Feel Like

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You

Pretty

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Who

Job

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Act

People

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