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You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors.

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Andrew Shue
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 20
Actor
Association Football Player
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Wilmington
Delaware
Andrew Eppley Shue
Shows
Catch
Whole
Quickly
Country
Confidence
Think
Bigger
Thinking
Doors
Start
Show
Bigs
Opened

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