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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 29
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
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