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You have to be so confident and so gifted to fill five minutes of nothing at the very beginning of a play before even a word is uttered.

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Judd Nelson
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: November 28
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Portland
Maine
Judd Asher Nelson
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[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that.
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Breakfast Club was great because we had a real rehearsal, and we shot primarily in sequence.
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Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.
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Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.
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As a kid, I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch.
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I like Chicago. It's a great city. It's always fun to revisit it.
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My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.
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I play a garbage man who moonlights as a stand-up comedian. Terrible.
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Heroes always make the right decision I find that seldom happens in my life.
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The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.
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Death is not my best subject.
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I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in.
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With failure, you just try again.
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[John] Hughes was well aware that to ignore the seriousness of young people is to encourage things like Columbine, so you might want to listen. And we were all pretty serious, a little bit, in high school. Some a little more than others.
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Trace Adkins doesn't talk too much, but when he does he's got great stories. He's lived a great life.
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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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I am very grateful to make my living doing what I would do for free.
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John Hurt was incredible to work with.
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I wasn't Santa in Santa Jr., but I was Santa in Cancel Christmas.
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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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