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Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy.
Jay Roach
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Jay Roach
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 14
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