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I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has been all over the map - you must stay at the table, pick up the cards you're dealt and play them.
Frank Langella
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Frank Langella
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 1
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My last kids were born when I was in my forties, so I still had little kids around me, which gave me the illusion of feeling younger.
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But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work like a dog at the thing you love.
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I just always thought, I love acting and I love writing. And when I haven't got any more good breath and good energy, then I'll write.
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