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I will not do a role that I don't think I can do, that I'm not interested in, where there's no humanity, that doesn't have any kind of handle for me at all because I know I'll just stink the joint up.

Ron Perlman

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Ron Perlman
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: April 13
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