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Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet we get treated as though we're important.
James McAvoy
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James McAvoy
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: April 21
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James Andrew McAvoy
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The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.
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