"Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state."

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"Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state."

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"In Hollywood you can't even smoke in a bar anymore and yet in the movies they're always showing people smoking. I don't get it."

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"If you would be just as content winning a local Golden Gloves fight as you would making a pile of money as a professional, then fine, go become a boxer. But if the whole idea is for you to get rich, my God, stay in school and learn a profession."

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"What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt."

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"I had to think ahead. How much would I really enjoy committing five or seven years to working on this? When you're an unemployed actor offered a TV pilot, no matter who you are you're tempted by the good hunk of change to be made. It keeps you out of the unemployment line."

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"Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state."

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