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That's not a villain, that's a man whose a victim of being in love with the wrong one.

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Rod Steiger
Age: 77 †
Born: 1925
Born: April 14
Died: 2002
Died: July 9
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
New York City
New York
Rodney Stephen Steiger
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I said 'well, I'll kiss her twice, you see? We'll come around, I'll kiss her, and if you put a little more track down for the camera, then I'll put my tongue down her throat and you'll get what you want'. He said 'You think so?'
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We come. We go. And inbetween we try to understand.
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