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I think being fired is one of everyone’s greatest fears, right? There’s not an actor I know who doesn’t feel this way, and in show business, there are plenty of stories to support that. As actors, I think we’re all a little terrified. I am an untrained actor – not unprepared, because I’m very prepared when I work – but I’m an accidental actor. I went to the same college as my mother [ Janet Leigh ]. She was the most famous person who had attended, so she had a big legacy there.

I had a D-plus average in high school. I had no business being in college. I came home from college for Christmas break one year, and I ran into a man who used to teach tennis at my friend’s tennis court in Beverly Hills. His

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