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You know, I’m not saying, “Oh, because I play a good guy on TV, I need to suddenly be villainous in a movie.” I look at it more like: does this role has a kind of urgency for me in terms of, “can I not say no to it for whatever reason?”
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Josh Radnor
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 29
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Joshua Thomas Radnor
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