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I can't tell you how many times in the '90s I'd meet somebody, we'd be having a nice time, and they'd sigh and go, 'This is exactly like Before Sunrise.' And I'd have to get up and leave.

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Ethan Hawke
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: November 6
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