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Trying to find the story within the story was hard. Filmmaking is such a reductive process in a strange way and you keep whittling away to what is essential.
Mark Ruffalo
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Mark Ruffalo
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: November 22
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Kenosha
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Mark Alan Ruffalo
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