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Sometimes directors feel like they have to justify that hat that they are wearing they've got on as a director, and they come in and they tweak and interfere.

Gary Oldman

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Gary Oldman
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: March 21
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Gary Leonard Oldman
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