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The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the world that they inhabit and what the story wants to tell. That's really what inspires me.

Keanu Reeves

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Keanu Reeves
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 2
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