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There's so many characters they [studios] are not letting me play. And I thought, Why don't you just go produce it yourself?.

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George Hamilton
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: August 12
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Television Actor
Memphis
Tennessee
George Stevens Hamilton
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I was a hangover of that era where they’d say “Take off that medal! Is that a St. Christopher medal? You’re going to lose your audience with that.”
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