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Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it.

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John Malkovich
Age: 70
Born: 1953
Born: December 9
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Illinois
John Gavin Malkovich
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