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One of the worst actors of his generation


He's so 1-dimensionsal and cartoonish; better suited for commercials where that style plays well. He instantly challenges credulity in any movie or tv show he's in. The kind of actor that makes the job easy for the casting director but ruins the viewing for the audience.

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Well, you are entitled to your opinion but you are very much in the minority.

I do not have attention deficit disor...Ooh, look at the bunny!

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You really must be miserable. Life's not all bad, laugh a little.

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If that's true then why is it that every movie and show I see him in all I see is Vernon Shillinger?

You want to play the game, you'd better know the rules, love.
-Harry Callahan

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>>If that's true then why is it that every movie and show I see him in all I see is Vernon Shillinger?

Wait, which side of this debate are you on? That sort of implies that he plays all parts the same way.

I do not have attention deficit disor...Ooh, look at the bunny!

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799777/board/flat/204290864

I do not have attention deficit disor...Ooh, look at the bunny!

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He's so 1-dimensionsal and cartoonish; better suited for commercials where that style plays well. He instantly challenges credulity in any movie or tv show he's in. The kind of actor that makes the job easy for the casting director but ruins the viewing for the audience.

Not true. He taught Americans about Irritable Bowel Syndrome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpuZ_dmFX14

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