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I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material

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"I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary footage of the President speaking to people"

- Timothy Bottoms

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This quote is written / told by Timothy Bottoms somewhere between August 30, 1951 and today. He was a famous Actor from USA. The author also have 7 other quotes.

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