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I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.

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
Storyteller
Tend
Tell
Stories
Trying
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Tangled

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