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I'd prefer if people had no impressions of me. As a kid, I had to tell my own family, Please, just don't talk about me! Because they always got it wrong. Always. I just didn't want them to tell anyone anything about me.

Jack Nicholson

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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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