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The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact.

Heath Ledger

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Heath Ledger
Age: 28 †
Born: 1979
Born: April 4
Died: 2008
Died: January 22
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Heath Andrew Ledger
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