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Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard.
William Hurt
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William Hurt
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 20
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Washington
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William McChord Hurt
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