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I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.

Jim Broadbent

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Jim Broadbent
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 24
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
James Jim Broadbent
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