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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
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
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