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Producing is the antidote to acting. Producing is practical problem solving all day long. As opposed to endless self-obsession and navel gazing.

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Alessandro Nivola
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 28
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Boston
Massachusetts
Alessandro Antine Nivola
Long
Producing
Obsession
Opposed
Practical
Endless
Navel
Acting
Gazing
Problem
Antidote
Self
Solving

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