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I just love real characters they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions they're all right there on the surface.

David O. Russell

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David O. Russell
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 20
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