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I feel that I'd rather know an actors' work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or I'll see them in something and I'll see if I can get along with them in some way, shape, or form.

Adam Rapp

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Adam Rapp
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 15
Film Director
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