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I've always been a huge fan of fantasy and adventure, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, I'm sure that's why I'm an actor. It's why I played with action figures as a kid, that's why I wrote and drew and read comics as a kid.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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