If youre talented enough, no past is too sordid to spoil your chances for success.
Take, for instance, his recent encounter withBritney Spears, which stirred a YouTube sensation.
), while ignoring the fact that there was literally a 900-pound elephant in the room.
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I dont like to let moments pass squandered when I have the opportunity to graffiti across time.
But Brand is dead serious about seizing the moment to make his mark on Hollywood.
Im pretty excited about it.
Otherwise, why pick someone virtually unknown to American audiences?
That warm embrace by Hollywoods comedy fraternity is somewhat surprising.
Brand, on the other hand, has fashioned himself as a Jagger-esque superstud.
And even the most famous of man-boys,Judd Apatow, cant say no.
My bread and butter is40 Year-Old Virgin.
I dont understand Russells world.
But hes funny, charismatic, and completely irresistible.
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