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With acting it's your neck up there in the end. And if you think the director can't help you it's one thing. But if you feel they're reining you in when they need to be giving you some rope, or vice versa, then I just don't tolerate that.

John Malkovich

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John Malkovich
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: December 9
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