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I've never been passionate about acting, and I find more and more that I work to live the life I want to live. [...] There's something about the detachment I have, the feeling of the lack of importance about what I do, that is healthy.

Jeremy Irons

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Jeremy Irons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 19
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Jeremy John Irons
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