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Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know.

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Irvine Welsh
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 27
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Film Actor
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