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When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, Oh, this must be the guy.
Jeremy Piven
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Jeremy Piven
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 26
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Jeremy Samuel Piven
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I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can... The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease.
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Sometimes in life, we have to continue to learn the same lesson until it sticks.
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All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since.
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When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things.
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I had never really been around cards.
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I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.
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