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If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

Clive Owen

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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
Actor
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Coventry
England
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I go off and make movies I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.
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I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.
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