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Maybe [killers] is one of my real passions. Why deny it?

Errol Morris

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Errol Morris
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 5
Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Non-Fiction Writer
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Hewlett
New York
Errol Mark Morris
Killers
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I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular.
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