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If you ever want to study acting you should be around an enlightened person for a while, because all they do is play roles, since they no longer have a self.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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San Diego
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