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I grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows but I feel like a New Yorker now, I've lived here for sixteen years.
Adam Rapp
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Adam Rapp
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 15
Film Director
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