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If you read a script enough, especially a good script - I try to read it 40 to 50 times before you begin so you get a sense of the arc: what happens before, what happens after, what happens during.

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Judd Nelson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 28
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Portland
Maine
Judd Asher Nelson
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