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How can you be a recluse in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don't?

Daniel Day-Lewis

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Daniel Day-Lewis
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 29
Actor
Artist
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
London
England
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
Recluse
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Full
House
Children
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