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I do fat people and these makeups are really hard to do, but I want to make monster movies.

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Rick Baker
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 8
Actor
Make-Up Artist
Makeup Artist
Binghamton
New York
Richard A. Rick Baker
People
Monster
Fats
Makeup
Monsters
Movies
Hard
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