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You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.

Sandra Bernhard

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Sandra Bernhard
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 6
Comedian
Film Actor
Singer
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Flint
Michigan
Dna
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Either
Trying
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