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Ultimately, we’re not the avatars we create. We’re not the pictures on the film stock. We are the light that shines through it. All else is just smoke and mirrors. Distracting, but not truly compelling.

Jim Carrey

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Jim Carrey
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 17
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