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"It was nice, though, to have the long term benefit to be able to pare away those things and eventually make the character my own and put my own unique stamp."
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"But I don't bet the farm on any of those possibilities, either. I'm also preparing, intelligently, to walk away from this, and walk away from it happy to have had the experience."
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