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I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

Charlie Kaufman

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Charlie Kaufman
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 1
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Self
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Insecurity
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