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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner - and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.

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Al Pacino
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 25
Film Actor
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Alfredo James Pacino
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