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Well, no, I didn't because I didn't even know the nominations were coming out. I gotta say, it wasn't even on my radar. I hadn't... I hadn't even thought about it.
Will Arnett
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Will Arnett
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 4
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City of Toronto
William Emerson Arnett
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Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.
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That's kind of the nature of the profession I'm in. It's frustrating. Things don't go your way, and I was no exception, in that I spent many years struggling to get work, and there are a lot of people more talented than myself who got jobs before me. And I finally, after years and years and years, got lucky.
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When it sort of finally sets in that you're not going to be doing that anymore... it's disappointing.
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