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At some level, you've got to have the ability to - especially in film and in front of the camera, you got to have the ability to drop into character and close off the entire crew and the camera and everything else.

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Denis Leary
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 18
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Worcester
Massachusetts
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