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When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That's my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy.

David Suchet

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David Suchet
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 2
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Sir David Courtney Suchet
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