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My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.

Daniel Day-Lewis

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Daniel Day-Lewis
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 29
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Film Actor
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London
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
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