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But puberty was... well, before puberty, at school, I didn't tell kids I was a transvestite 'cause I thought they might kill me with sticks, you know?
Eddie Izzard
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Eddie Izzard
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 7
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If I were Achilles I would put my foot in a f**k off block of concrete!
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