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Apparently his neighborhood was really bad!&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">&quot;It really was like <em>Taxi Driver<\/em> in a lot of ways,&quot; Leo said. &quot;I grew up very poor and I got to see the other side of the spectrum.&quot; Because he was exposed to so much as a child, he&#39;s never wanted to do drugs and stayed away from them. 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