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Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques you use to fill up a regular scene.

Jack Nicholson

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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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John Joseph Nicholson
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