For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing.
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I had given up the acting to be a schoolteacher, but I just couldn't handle it, it was too much pressure. I couldn't handle the bureaucracy.
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