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As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.

Alexander Skarsgard

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Alexander Skarsgard
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: August 25
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Republic of the Sudan
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård
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