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I'd like to be a better writer, but I have no dreams to direct or do a screenplay. And I'd love to have a big starring role in a movie because the paycheck would be bigger. That's the only reason I do films.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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