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I'm not an actor who consciously accesses bits of my life, in order to play parts. Obviously, you don't need to have been a father to play one, otherwise everyone who's been a father would be able to act.

Bill Nighy

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Bill Nighy
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: December 12
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