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No matter how tight the shot is, if I'm narrating it too much, there's a barrier between you and the experience, because the process of reading a book, or watching a movie, or watching a play is that you're watching a dream.

Clark Gregg

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Clark Gregg
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 2
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I'd be just another Marvel fan, only with a little bit bigger smile, when I would get the script and be like, Oh, my gosh, Agent Coulson knows that?
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I don't think Aaron Sorkin can write a character who isn't really funny.
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