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Celebrity is absolutely preposterous. Entertainment seems to be inflating. It used to be the punctuation to your life, a film or a novel or a play, a way of celebrating a good week or month. Now it feels as if it's all punctuation.

Hugh Laurie

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Hugh Laurie
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 11
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James Hugh Calum Laurie
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