When you're a child you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.
Vincent D'OnofrioAbout author
- Author's profession: Actor
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 30, 1959
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