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Effortless [performance] and improvisation are two different things. Just because it's improvised doesn't mean it's effortless and just because it's effortless doesn't necessarily mean it's improvised.

Christoph Waltz

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Christoph Waltz
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 4
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Vienna
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