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I dont meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.

Ira Glass

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Ira Glass
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: March 3
Actor
Film Producer
Radio Personality
Radio Producer
Screenwriter
Baltimore
Maryland
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I just feel like there's so many movies I haven't seen that I want to see, that I would never go back to the same one. It's funny because all my friends, they have movies that they've seen over and over again.
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