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I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler

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Judd Nelson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 28
Actor
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Stage Actor
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Portland
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Judd Asher Nelson
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I went to acting school with Mario Van Peebles. For a little while, he was at the same school. So he asked me if I wanted to do [ New Jack City]. He said, There's not really a role. We'll figure something out. But would you like to? And I was like, Sure. 'Cause he said it was Chris Rock and Ice T's first movie.
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As a kid, I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch.
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While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents gave was emotional, psychological.
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Breakfast Club was great because we had a real rehearsal, and we shot primarily in sequence.
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Voice-over stuff is so much fun because you don't have hair and makeup and wardrobe. You get to show up. And there were some talented people, and we don't even know them. And they're so gifted. They can do all these accents and voices. It's really fun to do that stuff. It's really like actor camp.
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I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.
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I took all the philosophy courses I could.
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I like Chicago. It's a great city. It's always fun to revisit it.
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