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I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do that quite a bit.
Denis Leary
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Denis Leary
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 18
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I had a relationship with an Italian chick that was built on just fighting and sex. As much as all women won't let go of stuff, Italian girls won't let go of anything. And she punched really hard. I got tired of the arguing it took to get to the sex.
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Most of the women placed in the fire department here in New York never passed the physical test. And a fat guy or a short guy, or anybody not passing the test in a life-or-death job, leads to friction.
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