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“When I first started acting, I had all these ideals…” quote by Erin Gray — Download Open image

“When I first started acting, I had all these ideals about the kinds of roles I wanted to play, but the reality is that when you do television - and I do a lot of television - you get cast for qualities that you have as a person. So I look for qualities that I like to portray.”

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