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Reading [Judd Apatow] book, about his background, I think there's a great similarity. What gives him the fire to work hard? He worked hard, researching the comedians of the time, what touched him about it.
David Copperfield
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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
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