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" Well, I've just gotten accustomed to just being in Canada for five and a half months a year. "

Anthony Michael Hall

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" I mean, before this, I would have said playing Bill Gates, because I'm playing someone obviously who is alive and is the richest man in the world. That was a heavy responsibility. "

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" Cutting edge, breakthrough, television. That's what we want to do. "

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