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I was 35 when I first hit with Star Wars. I had some degree of maturity and some degree of experience, yet physically I still looked young. That had been an impediment early on in my career, but then it turned out to be an advantage.

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Harrison Ford
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: July 13
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