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In order to be an actor you really have to be one of those types of people who are risk-takers and have what is considered an actor's arrogance, which is not to say an arrogance in your personal life. But you have to be the type of person who wants the ball with seconds left in the game.

Bryan Cranston

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Bryan Cranston
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 7
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