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Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that.

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Andrew Scott
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: October 21
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Dublin city
Simple
Jobs
Different
Really
People
Pretend
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