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I always like to try different things, different genres stories that have a dramatic element and can generate conflict which I find appealing where the characters have to overcome obstacles. That kind of thing is challenging.

Clint Eastwood

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Clint Eastwood
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 31
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