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I love showing up and giving a performance without the benefit of a lot of rehearsal or dissection. It's fun to me to act on a kind of instinctual level and go straight for the performance.

Ron Perlman

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Ron Perlman
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: April 13
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Ronald N. Perlman
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