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Acting Quote by Bruce Dern

“In all American professional sports you start on a certain level and you have to work your way up through a farm system. It's really the same in acting.” quote by Bruce Dern — Download Open image

“In all American professional sports you start on a certain level and you have to work your way up through a farm system. It's really the same in acting.”

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