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Actors are always a little high at work. Acting is their drug. So when you put the brakes on, they're naturally a little disappointed.
Michelangelo Antonioni
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Michelangelo Antonioni
Age: 94 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 29
Died: 2007
Died: July 30
Film Director
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