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I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

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Baz Luhrmann
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 17
Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Mark Anthony Luhrmann
Worried
Says
Perfect
Someone
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