Sean Durkin Quotes

A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

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• A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

  

  Sean Durkin
  • Film
  • Actors
  • Performances