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"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."

Anthony LaPaglia, American Actor

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"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."

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